Idle control valve -- about have the size of a coke can, connected to the air meter horn boot at the rear of the manifold (bottom half, it's sorta buried).

Make sure it's connected and the hoses are intact.

You should also pull the codes from the computer to see what if any error codes are stored.

Peter

On Apr 17, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Ken Rushing wrote:

My son has an '87 420 SEL and once started, RPM's reach 2000 at idle within 4 seconds. The linkage isn't bound and does not appear to have even moved
once started. Where should I begin?
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