Lude Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 mrs car has idle issue, rarely idles on its own, usually dies everytime. going to clean the throttle body & new air filter, as dont think shes serviced it for a while. any other obvious things to check? they have IAC valves or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Is it misfiring? Petrol or diesel? Any lights on the dash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 As above. Theses suffer from coilpacks. Carefull cleaning the throttle body as some of them are not meant to be cleaned. not sure about your one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 sorry, its a 1.6 petrol. has no miss fire, drives tidy, just doesnt idle you sure cant clean the throtle? has no engine management light on no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Did you say you have changed the air filter? There is a vacuum pipe that fits in just to the side of the filter housing, its possible thats come off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Did you say you have changed the air filter? There is a vacuum pipe that fits in just to the side of the filter housing, its possible thats come off.. no i havent changed it yet, i was thinking of changin it along with cleaning the throttle, as she hasnt had it serviced for a while. il clean the throttle & idle valve and see? wheres the idle valve located on these french things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 no i havent changed it yet, i was thinking of changin it along with cleaning the throttle, as she hasnt had it serviced for a while. il clean the throttle & idle valve and see? wheres the idle valve located on these french things? Is it a 16 valve? If so its not a nice job. You need to remove all the plastic inlet manifold stuff on the top of the engine, the the big plastic box at the back where the air filter housing bolts too. I'd remove the air filter, and check it's not got crap in the throttle body as well as clean that out.. Much easier and should do the same job.. Really would put it down to a bad coil personally. Does it drive ok, just not idle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Is it a 16 valve? If so its not a nice job. You need to remove all the plastic inlet manifold stuff on the top of the engine, the the big plastic box at the back where the air filter housing bolts too. I'd remove the air filter, and check it's not got crap in the throttle body as well as clean that out.. Much easier and should do the same job.. Really would put it down to a bad coil personally. Does it drive ok, just not idle? hi mate, sorry forgot bout this thread, yea car drives fine, doesnt miss at all. how would it be the coil? if it runs fine on all 4 cylinders all the time? PS i did clean the throtle out but no change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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