GRR - PROBLEM!! -- HELP!!

[Ben j]

my car keeps cutting out. when i put the clutch in and it drops down the revs it every so often (only once or twice when first starting up cold) it carries on past 900rpm and cuts off. and sometimes from cold when i accelerate it holds back at about 2500 revs and judders then goes fine again.



what can this be?

- i think my fuel filter needs replacing! would that cause it? anything else?

thanx peeps!!

 

[Leigh]

Idle control valve is sticking !! Me thinks !!

Mine did it until i replaced it !!

 

[Chris_H]

aye, take it out and clean it then spray a bit o wd-40 down it to lube it.

 

[Natalie]

where is it exactly? if i look in the bay..



thanx - BEN J

 

[Ben j]

back on my own pc now! - yup- help?? where am i lookin?

 

[Turkish]

i dont know, but its an idle valve so will be connected to the inlet manifold/ airbox somewhere. sorry i cant be anymore help than that but i havnt got a valver or looked under the bonnet too closely of one tbh bud

 

[Chris_H]

pipe leaves the airbox goes to a canister with an electrical connection on it and then into the manifold. Cant miss it.

 

[Ben j]

cheers chris u rsc bum! ill look tomorrow mate!!

 

[Tom_16v]

Is it fine when it is warm then?

Have you just had a service/oil change?

This happened to me when I topped up my oil; If you spill any oil it leaks into the plug wells and the leads get all oily. Mine had exactly the same symptons as yours. Just take each lead off and clean the oil off.