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[minisilverbullet]

Hi guys,

I posted this a couple of months ago; basically the car was suffereing form an erratic idle anywhere between 0 and 3000 rpm it woul dbounce around.

this was coupled with the throttle seemingly sticking open! it happens while in gear. and would mean the car continued to drive at that speed, or at least it held the revs! when i stopped the car and pressed the clutch or put it into nuetral the revs would increase alone to around 6000 - 7000, at that point i turned the engine off, Restarted and normal service was resumed - very strange!! Like there hadnt been any problem!

The car has also stalled on occasion while braking to a stop!

I have replaced the accelerator cable as we thought that might be sticking (this was easier than i though the car is LHD)! I also replaced the engine steady bushes as i thought too much excess movement of the engine may have effected the smooth movement of the accel cable. A bottle of injection cleaner was also added to flush the system!

It seemed the problem had gone, but its returned.

Related perhaps is the temp guage barely reaches half way, I guess this is a faulty thermostat and or coolant temp sensor. which will be replaced when payday comes.

Can anyone think what else may be causing these problems?

Cheers

Craig

I should add that this happens pretty rarely once every couple of journeys!

Edited by minisilverbullet, 19 February 2010 - 09:49 PM.

[Rented]

invest in having someone plug a code reader into your car , normaly around say £45 ( If your local to me in dorset pop by and its free ) , it could tell you the problem within minutes but i would think to hold fire and do the coolant temp sensor first as its the most guilty sounding thing left to do .

[minisilverbullet]

invest in having someone plug a code reader into your car , normaly around say £45 ( If your local to me in dorset pop by and its free ) , it could tell you the problem within minutes but i would think to hold fire and do the coolant temp sensor first as its the most guilty sounding thing left to do .

cheers, do i just need the generic OBD II reader i need or more specific. do you recommend one?

12 hour ferry to dorset from here! lol!

[Rented]

i swear by my snap on reader or out launch system , tells you waaaaayyy more about the car than those limited readers . sometimes it will not tell you anything but 2/3 times it will lead down the right route . look in the local adverts for a auto electrician / garages and just ring round asking if they can read your car and how much for , you might get lucky someone will just help you out for awhile for afew beer tokens .

12 hours is abit excessive to get your car read lol , maybe when you passing sometime

[xrocketengineer]

invest in having someone plug a code reader into your car , normaly around say £45 ( If your local to me in dorset pop by and its free ) , it could tell you the problem within minutes but i would think to hold fire and do the coolant temp sensor first as its the most guilty sounding thing left to do .

cheers, do i just need the generic OBD II reader i need or more specific. do you recommend one?

12 hour ferry to dorset from here! lol!

Hi,
No, it is not OBD II. Since it is SPI you need something like this from Terry's website (pretty helpful, check it out):

http://www.tmsmini.c...oper/sp_acr.htm

And the SPI uses a three pin diagnostic connector like the last one pictured:

http://www.tmsmini.c...per/sp_acr2.htm

There are other diagnostic readers that can be used but keep in mind also that the SPI and MPI diagnostic systems and connectors are different and neither is OBD II.

I hope that helps,

Ivan