Brandon Scarbrough wrote:
> My 93 civic EX is idiling at a low RPM. I adjusted the idle screw
> until it was almost out of the car, the RPM's never went higher.
>
> Anyone ever seen this type of behavior?

Yep... you have to turn the idle screw IN to increase the idle. All it does is
push on the same thing the throttle cable is attached to, not a very complicated
mechanism

> The car idles at a pretty constant 250 - 300 RPM after it is warmed up.
>
> It runs fine and all but I was told it should be in the 800 - 900 RPM
> range. I guess the real question is
>
> 1) Does this matter at all?

Yes - the car will take a lot longer to warm up and not idle as efficiently.

> 2) What could be the cause?

Turning the idle screw the wrong way