Had my first little issue with the car the other day. Nipped out with the dog and stopped at the shops, came out and started the car and it wouldn't idle properly and felt like it was about to stall with the revs dipping down to 500. Now before this the car had been idling perfectly between 700-800 so was a bit worrying. After pulling away it didn't happen again until I stopped the engine, then after driving and stopping at traffic lights the idle would seem alright but then would start rising on its own up to around 1400 and it seemed like you could hear a faint popping from the exhaust. all this started happening randomly from then on.
Did a bit of research on the forums and decided to check the little rubber cap on a t-piece which is part of the vacumn hoses, it was there but split and broken.
Anyway, I decided while I was at it i might aswell replace some of the other hoses, unfortunately none of these were in stock and had to be ordered in but i could get the cap. To cut a long story short I fitted the cap and cleaned the Idle Control Valve, which didn't look dirty at all really but after a good spray with carb cleaner was definitely moving a lot more freely. Took the car for a quick drive and problem solved, has been running fine since and even feels a bit smoother overall but that may just be in my head
Only 96p for the cap, £5.99 for a can of carb cleaner and a few hours of my time (most of which was struggling to get access to jubilee clips to remove hoses) so pretty pleased overall.
picture of where the cap goes (this can be seen just by removing the elbow that goes into the airbox)
Where the idle control valve sits
Idle control valve (not a very good picture)
Did a bit of research on the forums and decided to check the little rubber cap on a t-piece which is part of the vacumn hoses, it was there but split and broken.
Anyway, I decided while I was at it i might aswell replace some of the other hoses, unfortunately none of these were in stock and had to be ordered in but i could get the cap. To cut a long story short I fitted the cap and cleaned the Idle Control Valve, which didn't look dirty at all really but after a good spray with carb cleaner was definitely moving a lot more freely. Took the car for a quick drive and problem solved, has been running fine since and even feels a bit smoother overall but that may just be in my head
Only 96p for the cap, £5.99 for a can of carb cleaner and a few hours of my time (most of which was struggling to get access to jubilee clips to remove hoses) so pretty pleased overall.
picture of where the cap goes (this can be seen just by removing the elbow that goes into the airbox)
Where the idle control valve sits
Idle control valve (not a very good picture)
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