Engine Ideling really high

Ideling really high

Ok, been noticing this for awhile. When I start up my car, even when its warm (was +3 today... yes thats warm for us canadian/winnipeg folk) my engine idles really high, for about 10 minutes i would say (couldnt say what rpm, dont have my tach in yet, waiting for my A pillar).
Even when you put it into gear, it revs a bunch lower, but at indle speed (obviously automatic)... its kinda fast
Just wondering if this is common or not
Compared to some other cars that my family has (neon, malibu, sable, etc ... all domestic crap) i would say it is a lot higher than when those are started.

The ECU sets idle a little higher than normal when it's cold, IIRC. If it settles back down to a normal idle RPM (guess you can't tell, but I it's ~750) after it warms up, then the car should be fine. If it's idling REALLY high though, you just might have yourself a problem.

Yea. it's not slap ass crazy stupid high or anything, just higher than normal.
When it's warmed up, or has been driven for a bit, it idles REALLY low get a good vibration/shaking when the brake is on and its in drive.

Meh, you get used to it. We had some -50ish C days here during the middle of winter. Usually around -30 is the norm.
Kinda sucks though, cause you cant really lower your car, or you'llg et stuck in snow, and cant have a big body kit or anything or again, you'll just be ploughing it all.

Get coilovers. You can still have the spring rate, but have the car at stock height.

We had about +3 today too... it was soooo nice... nice not to wear a jacket... our nights are still aobut -2 to -4 though...

Man thats nice. It's about -20 here right now (night time).
Looks like it should hit about +3-5 on sunday though, which would be great. get rid of a bunch of the snow and ice.