96 Dodge Dakota won't idle

[upnorth]

It was a bit foggy this and had the lights on and forgot to turn them of, well dead battery. Got a jump and got it started, but now it won't idle at all and have to somewhat step on the gas to get it start. Take my foot off the gas and it immediately dies. Anyone know what the heck happened and what I have to do to fix it? It runs OK other than that.

Forgot to add it is the 3.9 V6

[shizzy]

did you take it for a nice long drive or head straight home and put it on the charger?

I had a 96 Neon that I did the same thing and it didnt want to run quite right untill I got almost all the way home (15 minutes drive).

[upnorth]

10 min and been on the charger 4 close 4 hrs.

[Big Buck Buster]

Try turning the key on with engine off a few times to reset the idle control. If that doesn't work, try driving for 20-30 minutes.

[Dozer]

I would take it for a drive and see if it comes out of it. My chevy does some strange things after the battery has been unhooked, it takes awile for the computer to figure out what is what again.

[Jeremy airjer W]

And if that doesn't work the pintle for the IAC is stuck in the bore. Been a while since I have run into that but it used to happen all the time. More than likely it will take some time to relearn idle.

[upnorth]

Fully charged Battery this am and it worked fine. I started it later and gave me a few problems but did go back to idling OK. Probably may take a few more starts and it should be OK...I hope.