over revving mk1 valver

[Yosemite Sam]

I have a valver hybrid, and after giving it proper hammer and tongs down the ring road, the car idles at 1500-2000 rpm. Switch off the engine for 5 seconds and restart it and all is well. ?!

If i drive the car normally its fine and runs sweet.

Anyone shed any light?

Ta X

 

[dunlop]

speedo sensor. the black wire under the dash top needs re-earthing



edit on the speedo cable

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Ah!!

Every now and again (completely unrelated to the revving by the way) the speedo stops working.

Is all this related??

 

[nicknick]

Will prob be the cable then yeh!

 

[Brett]

Think f0xy had this problem. Think his solution is in the projects page mate.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Cheers Brett, just pm'd him.

 

[f0xy]

aye....i had this exact problem.

I tried everything, cleaned idle control valve, and ran a fresh ground wire to the speedo cable sensor (back of clocks) as that is supposed to fix it.....but it didnt.

I ended up getting a speedo cable from winston, and it fixed the problem!

Hope that helps

 

[Mark One]

yeah it's all about speedo cable. There is a great section on problems and solutions on williamsclio.co.uk

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Awesome cheers chaps.