welshboy Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Hiya Guys, Having an issue with the old girl. The car is turning over with no problems and stays on as long as you have your foot slightly on the accelerator, as soon as you let off to idle it cuts out. I have checked the diagnostics and there are no error codes. Any one have any ideas? Bit of background to help: Car had been sat on the drive since November. Turned it over for a while but then went away for a few weeks, so the battery completely drained. The battery charger that I had to hand was playing up, so I called the breakdown guys out and they came and used their charger to get it going. I left it running for about 15 minutes before planning on heading out for a long drive. Reversed off the drive, turned to leave and it just cut out and obviously wouldn't start again due to the flat battery. Luckily the guy wasn't far away so came back. Connected it up again, started no problem, as soon as he disconnected the charger it died again. He used his voltmeter and decided that the battery had had it. Bought a new one today, connected up, starts first time but then the same problem persists. It just dies! Has anybody experienced this before or perhaps has an inkling as to what the cause might be? Many thanks Ga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpslaughter1982 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Had a similar problem with my Honda, changed the plugs and it hasn't happened since. I've also heard of people reporting the same symptoms and found the immobiliser at fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 check and clean the Idle control valve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Could be ecu relearning, start up and switch off 4 or 5 times, sometimes required after power loss to the ecu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreaseMonkey Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I had the same symptoms on my UK Spec after it had been in storage for 4 months, all I did to cure this was maintain the revs at 1,000rpm approx, for 15mins approx at least and then it Idled fine afterwards around 800rpm approx. Suspect it's the ECU Relearning the Idle control. hth;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Cheers for the replies guys. I'll give that a go tomorrow and have a look at the ICV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 All sorted! It was the ECU needing to relearn. Thanks for the help gents, much appreciated. Cheers Ga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Pleasure mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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