jaredmitchell

thanks for the help and advice. I put in a new coolant temp sensor, cleaned the throttle body, pulled and cleaned the IAC and the high rev problem went away... for 3 days and now its still doing the same thing. When its cold, push in clutch and revs bump up to 3k, let clutch out (in gear or neutral) revs drop back down. Once its warm it idles just fine. thoughts?

the check engine light isn't on, but the neutral switch isn't too much money, that's probably the 1st thing I'm going to swap out. Any suggestions on cleaning the IAC? I've read a few threads on that, and not quite sure how to proceed. (this is my 1st subaru after a long affair w/ VW so I'm still fairly lost on this engine)

My 02 Outback when cold (regardless of the outside temp) will rev up to 3,000 and hold it there. The only way I can get the revs to drop is to put it in gear or just neutral and let the clutch out. Everything else is running fine. I just don't even know where to start looking. It does this longer when its colder out, but will do it in all temperatures. Its just a bit annoying driving in the city, because at every stop its revs up so high. Thanks for any help!