VehicleFitment/Toyota/IdleAirController (2015-01-01 07:00:00)

Idle Air Control

The early type is a simple solanoid which allows a vaccum to pass to a set of bellows that move against the throttle plate stop.

Most people remove these when going to a stand-alone system, as they do not work very well after 25years of service.

The newer 20v engines have a two coil IAC (marked as A in this diagram)

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One coil opens the IAC valve, the other closes it, with neither coil active the IAC valve sits at 50%.

A simple solution is to use a Relay to ground one coil or the other

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In order to PWM the solanoid for the best results a FET driver with one inverting and one non-inverting output (such as the TC4428) may be used:

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I guess it's very similar to the ones on BMWs (dual solenoid) with an extra pre-set spring. However selecting the dual-solenoid iac option in newer (>1.0.30) firmwares might control this valve without extra electronics.