Low Tickover on 1.6 16v

[vanaaken]

Have a 52 plate Renault Clio and it ticksover really low like 500 rpm even when cold, its been like that since we got it, I did fit an induction kit on it which made matters worse in that if it was cold or damp it would have trouble startin, I've now gone back to a std filter and it no longer cuts out, but still ticks over really low, is there any manual way to turn the tickover up???

Oh what should it be ticking over at both cold and hot?

Cheers

Mark

 

[Andy_J]

i think thats about right, i'll tell you tonight once i've driven it agian.

 

[mini-valver]

Mine is about 750-800. Try cleaning the throttle bodie, has it done many miles?

 

[lemonnobby]

Clean the throttle body as said.

 

[MT AUDIO]

mines about 700rpm

 

[ZanClio]

mine tends to cut out if i dont give it a few revs when started up, but when ticking over its also low at around 700rpm

 

[MT AUDIO]

mine never cuts out unless i cant pull away properly

 

[Andy_J]

also clean out the idle control valve.

 

[vanaaken]

Its done about 42k so not too bad, is there any guides on how to clean the throttle body/idle control valve, (oh any pics of where the ICV is???)

Will injector cleaner help at all???

Cheers

Mark

 

[bmh.01]

As its a Ph2 engine it's got a fly by wire throttle and no ISCV. Basically, as said clean the throttle body up it seems to get s**t up over time and it stops it fractionally opening to make it run the cold start high idle.
I cleaned mine with meths and kitchen paper last time.

 

[mikey_172]

fly by wire is a load of s**t on mine not repsonsive enough mine stalls wen its cold wen you first start it up if you dont rev it