2000 gxe bouncy idle please help

[jacarc1]

I recently bought my 2000 gxe 1.8 automatic. initially the car would barely run so i replaced the maf and it was running great for about a week until the idle would bottom out at a stop. I had it scanned and was told it was the idle air control valve. I replaced that and now the idle bounces between 1000 and 2000 rpm. I have found many posts about the idle relearn but am unsure if that is just for the spec v or all sentras. Mine has a cable for the throttle. I tried the relearn yesterday with no luck and i am hoping someone here can help me. i used a stopwatch and checked all the preconditioning requirements which were fine. Do i have to have the doors closed when doing this? Do i keep the car running while i disconnect the brown connector? i did it with the engine running. Any advice would be great as this is our only vehicle. Thanks

[Black B15]

Yeah the idle relearn won't work on cable driven throttle bodies IIRC.

As for your problem, did you modify/change anything other than the maf sensor? I think a vacuum leak would cause a bouncy idle too.

[jacarc1]

i didnt change anything and checked all vaccum lines. i had the battery disconnected while i did the iacv. if i disconnect the battery will it reset?

[jacarc1]

ok so i found the orange wire going to the iacv was broken. i fixed that and now it idles at 8-900 but rough and every 20 seconds or so the idle drops and stalls when in gear. any ideas?