1998 Oldsmobile 88 cant find out the problem with my car! h

1998 OLDSMOBILE 88
106,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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VINTAGETHOMAS
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Well where to start. First off my car lately has been dieing an alot. so i thought i didnt have a good connection to my battery so i went and bought a new one and got it on there nice and tight thinking that would solve my problem, well it didnt. so i looked under my car too see if it had anything to do with my starter and that seemed okay too. The only thing that i can think of now is my alternator, but i performed the test while having your car running i took off the negative side of the battery and it still ran. Now i can get my car to start but when i have it in park it revs up to 3000 rpm and stays there will not come down, and when im driving it likes to drive itself i dont even really have to push down on the gas. If you guys can help me out on this i would really appreciate it i dont really have the money to go get it looked at i just want to get some kind of clue as to what it going on with my car. Thank you
Feb 5, 2009 at 2:38 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Get the idle air control valve and throttle position sensor checked out
Feb 5, 2009 at 2:42 PM