Thank you for the video bro! It was literally driving me crazy, having to constantly tap the throttle every time I come to a stop. I was thinking that there was a hang up on the throttle cable but nope.
Had this same issue on 454BB and this is what fixed it. Also turned of timing settings reset idle and then reset IAC between 5-6 and working perfect again
It fixed my problem. I couldn't get it done using two pliers. Instead, I put a small tye-wrap on the end and then circled the tye-wrap around the pulley once and pulled on the tye-wrap end with pliers to bring the spring around. It worked. Thanks again.
WOW!!!!! Thank you 🙏🏾 thank you! I diagnosed that also but had no idea how to fix it!! Appreciate the video!! Took me about 10 mins and ALOT of sweat 😅😅
Youre the mad dude. I know this is an old video, but I was searching about this issue and saw others talk about it and then yours came up in my feed. Now I know its legit.
Thanks for the video. I had actually seen this video a few months back and didnt think I had a problem with it. But, I was wrong. I just realized the back throttle plate is sticking on my Holley EFI after literally looking at every other possibility for it sticking. Even sent it back to Holley and they didnt find a problem. Its difficult to move that spring. I failed to get a hold of it on my first attempt. Ill try again tomorrow.
I was calling tuners yesterday to figure out my idle issue. It seems like this fixed it. Thank you so much. I was calling tech, but was always on hold forever
Appreciate the video. Sniper on my 92 c1500. Its manual shift so when it sticks I can give it a little goose and have it return to normal idle but my son is starting to drive it and he's green so I'd rather it just function as it should. Will be making the adjustment this weekend.
The throttle shafts are cheap. They will end up being bent slightly, which is actually why they stick open. They leave the bores loose to adapt this design flaw. Also leaves excessive leakage for vacuum. But Holley says it’s acceptable? They are getting cheap.
Anyone ever have issues with their iac getting stuck open? Its as if it’s a massive vacuum leak every once in a while driving down the road and idles at around 2000, if I plug it with my thumb it drops back down and is fixed. Not sure what may be causing this
sniper 1 is a piece of crap, Ive lost count of how many issues ive had with this POS, i was down to this problem you speak of, wrapping the torsion spring one more wind will work but not correctly the proper fix , holly tech support said to loosen butterfly screws and readjust or re-center secondary valves, also good idea to re-center primary valves as well, requires removing the throttle body but it the correct way to fix it instead of over-stressing the torsion spring and throttle pedal, update: now I found out no screws to loosen on butterfly valves on base model sniper, they are riveted on, Christ POS! so I guess were stuck with winding the spring more update 2: SOME sniper products the butterfly valves are riveted on so you cant adjust them by loosening the screws, so you will have to do the spring tension fix instead, freakin holley sucks
Thank you for the video bro! It was literally driving me crazy, having to constantly tap the throttle every time I come to a stop. I was thinking that there was a hang up on the throttle cable but nope.
Had this same issue on 454BB and this is what fixed it. Also turned of timing settings reset idle and then reset IAC between 5-6 and working perfect again
Thanks for the tip. Fixed the problem. Saved me a phone call to Holley tech.
It fixed my problem. I couldn't get it done using two pliers. Instead, I put a small tye-wrap on the end and then circled the tye-wrap around the pulley once and pulled on the tye-wrap end with pliers to bring the spring around. It worked. Thanks again.
Great idea man! Glad it fixed your issue
Just another way of fixing the problem 👍🏻
Thank you! Same issue over here. Gave it a shot and it fixed the problem!
Thank you. Customer assistance said to replace throttle sensor (on wrong plate=didn't fix problem) I have exactly same problem and will try this
Hopefully it fixes the issue!
WOW!!!!! Thank you 🙏🏾 thank you! I diagnosed that also but had no idea how to fix it!! Appreciate the video!! Took me about 10 mins and ALOT of sweat 😅😅
Youre the mad dude. I know this is an old video, but I was searching about this issue and saw others talk about it and then yours came up in my feed. Now I know its legit.
Thanks for the video. I had actually seen this video a few months back and didnt think I had a problem with it. But, I was wrong. I just realized the back throttle plate is sticking on my Holley EFI after literally looking at every other possibility for it sticking. Even sent it back to Holley and they didnt find a problem. Its difficult to move that spring. I failed to get a hold of it on my first attempt. Ill try again tomorrow.
I was calling tuners yesterday to figure out my idle issue. It seems like this fixed it. Thank you so much. I was calling tech, but was always on hold forever
Awesome! Glad to hear
Excellent video- having this issue on mine after couple thousand miles- I’ll try this fix. Thanks for making video
Appreciate the video. Sniper on my 92 c1500. Its manual shift so when it sticks I can give it a little goose and have it return to normal idle but my son is starting to drive it and he's green so I'd rather it just function as it should. Will be making the adjustment this weekend.
I had same issue , but I just added a second very light spring pulling it shut....
Mine is doing the same. Thanks for the tip
Thank you, this video was very helpful I had the same problem!
The throttle shafts are cheap. They will end up being bent slightly, which is actually why they stick open. They leave the bores loose to adapt this design flaw. Also leaves excessive leakage for vacuum. But Holley says it’s acceptable? They are getting cheap.
Very well explained!
Anyone ever have issues with their iac getting stuck open? Its as if it’s a massive vacuum leak every once in a while driving down the road and idles at around 2000, if I plug it with my thumb it drops back down and is fixed. Not sure what may be causing this
Did you notice any associated issues after the fix? IE - change in idle, power, performance? Anything?
No chamge other than not idling highly
Nice !
sniper 1 is a piece of crap, Ive lost count of how many issues ive had with this POS, i was down to this problem you speak of, wrapping the torsion spring one more wind will work but not correctly the proper fix , holly tech support said to loosen butterfly screws and readjust or re-center secondary valves, also good idea to re-center primary valves as well, requires removing the throttle body but it the correct way to fix it instead of over-stressing the torsion spring and throttle pedal,
update: now I found out no screws to loosen on butterfly valves on base model sniper, they are riveted on, Christ POS! so I guess were stuck with winding the spring more
update 2: SOME sniper products the butterfly valves are riveted on so you cant adjust them by loosening the screws, so you will have to do the spring tension fix instead, freakin holley sucks
First generation Holley sniper sucks. $2 grand and it's fraught with problems. One after another.