high revs on tick over

[sam clio]

got in my car this morning started it up and its ticking over at 2000 revs, the dephaser is in need of a new 1 and has been for a few months could this be the reason why its all of a sudden reving high , is it the dephaser getting worse?? please help

 

[sam clio]

any ideas any1???????

 

[sideways danny]

have to taken the inlet manifold off or unplugged anything recently?

 

[sam clio]

nope thats wat i dont understand havent touched owt

 

[Tigger]

Check everything is tight anyway

 

[sam clio]

its droped back down to where it should be now but wen i rev the car to the limiter it sounds like its splutterin abit and the little green light on the dash on the right at the bottom flickers in does any1 no wat that light is ???

 

[DrR]

The light thats shapped like a gearstick?

Are you revving it to the limiter when not driving?

 

[sam clio]

yea thats the 1 and yea i am revin while not drivin mate

 

[DrR]

It's the "you should have really changed gear by now light"
Also poor car

 

[sam clio]

lol should car be spluttering tho

 

[DrR]

Guessing not, but you've probably broke it fro revving the nuts of it lol?

 

[sam clio]

only did it twice surely that wouldnt f**k it up

 

[Kiev85]

im not an expert - but would the revs be higher on tick over if your battery was low on juice? and trying to recharge itself??

or does it only do that whilst moving..

 

[mrgund]

Hmm.... mine has an high tick over. Would be good to know what is causing it. It's a bit like the choke is stuck on or something. But it will be fine after 10 minutes or so driving.

Would be good to know what it is.

 

[mrgund]

Could it be that the throttle body needs a good clean out??

 

[DannoTheGreat]

try cleanin the tb first, if its still the same then let us know

 

[mrgund]

Throttle body cleaned today . . still ticking over at over 2000 rpm. Hmmm . . . .

 

[Slammed172]

Does it tick over normally once hot ?

Mine does this when you turn it over from cold, it holds the revs at 1.5k ish but 2 mins later they die down to idle normally.

 

[mrgund]

It calms down yeah. It's longer than two minutes though . . . I'd say about 20 minutes of driving then it goes back to normal.

 

[mrgund]

Well maybe I was a little hasty on my assesment after cleaning the throttle body but after a few days of driving it has now settled down to what I would consider normal.

Result.

 

[v15ben]

Bumping an old thread here, but mine is doing a similar thing.

Is it likely to be this same issue when it gets wet or might it be the battery? I was washing it tonight and dropped a bucket of fooking water all over the shop. Fool!

 

[nosey-bonk]

Mines is doing this too after I just bump started it, cos my starter motor went.. my throttle body is caked when i checked to see if it was jammed, so think I will clean this first....then hope when fitting new starter it will just goes away