Wires down the back of the inlet manifold?
Wires all look good as far as I can see. No areas of wear/melting on the black cloth tape surrounding the wire near the idle switch or TPS, I can't feel any breaks in this area, and the rest running along the manifold is encased in ridged plastic tubing. However, yesterday I tried depressing the idle switch with the throttle open and it didn't do anything. I also removed the plug on the throttle position sensor and the revs increased at idle, with a little bit of creeping up then dropping back down to around 1000. Things seemed a little more stable so I tried driving it like this (!) but still had the lack of power and jerkiness. Even if the idle switch is broken, would I still get the misfiring/lack of power and the engine flooding? My dad fired it up this morning just to move it on the drive (engine running for about 30s) and when I just went out to check the idle switch again it won't start (flooded?!).
I was going to check the fuel lift pump but it's raining at the moment - still, I would have thought if the lift pump was dodgy it wouldn't flood. It could explain a lack of power I guess, but not over-fueling, surely?
Another thing to check is fpr. I had a dodgy one and have heard people squirting wd40 in them. Beware though mine stuck in a using grips to get it out f@&ked it.
Forgive me, but what's 'fpr'?
Cheers
