# IAC valve location on 2005 ford explorer?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/iac-valve-location-on-2005-ford-explorer/73291>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 29, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/iac-valve-location-on-2005-ford-explorer/73291 "2012-06-29T20:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Ru1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ru1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/iac-valve-location-on-2005-ford-explorer/73291/1 "2012-06-29T20:22:34Z")

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I have read online that my vehicle does not have and IAC valve and have also been told on this forum that it does and its attached to the throttle body. I can’t seem to find it and took some photos of the throttle body to see if someone can help me out? thanks

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/iac-valve-location-on-2005-ford-explorer/73291/2 "2012-06-29T20:28:04Z")

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It’s a function of the electronic throttle body, not a seperate item, opening just a tad at idle to allow air flow.