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Title: ISV causing misfire...?!?
Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 06 January 2004, 22:10
My 8v digi started to misfire BADLY tonight, just started all of a sudden, causing quite violent juddering and the rev counter was going mental.  Shat myself and pulled over and the car was still misfiring and the rev counter was still jumping around all over the place.  I could smell petrol so I left it for a bit and then started it up and it was doing the same thing.  I have always had a feeling my ISV is a bit dodgy so I disconnected it and the misfiring stopped!???  ???  I left it disconnected and managed to drive home fine albeit with an idle speed of 500rpm.

How could the ISV cause misfiring, because I thought it only came into action at idle?  Also, will it make any difference if I just leave it disconnected for now?

Cheers

Neil
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Post by: golfvr6 on 06 January 2004, 23:38
Sounds like you got an air leak somewhere.
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 10:18
OK I was not imagining things last night.  This morning was exactly the same, the car was misfring badly with the ISV connected, and OK with it disconnected, although it wont idle until the car has warmed up.  Could this be a faulty ISV?
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Post by: Gambit on 07 January 2004, 11:03
sounds like a dodgy ISV if it idles fine without it, take it out and clean it out with petrol then spray a bit of WD40 in it
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 11:07
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sounds like a dodgy ISV if it idles fine without it, take it out and clean it out with petrol then spray a bit of WD40 in it

The weird thing is, its not the idle... it actually misfires and the rev counter jumps about all over the place when you are revving it.  I dont understand how the ISV can make it do this  ???
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Post by: Gambit on 07 January 2004, 11:21
well i had this with mine, even with the ISV disconnected, turned out to be the hall sender in the dizzy.
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 11:48
Expensive to fix..?
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Post by: Gambit on 07 January 2004, 12:23
i ended up gettin a new dizzy as i couldnt get the pin out of the rear of my existing dizzy

?80 for a new bosch dizzy, now it runs sweet as a nut (with the ISV still disconnected!!)
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 12:52
Did you have to adjust your idle to get the car to idle properly with the ISV disconnected..?
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Post by: Blue MK2 on 07 January 2004, 12:54
Did your rev counter go mad when the ignition was on?

Like it flicked up really high?
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 13:13
Yes, the rev counter was jerking about all over the place and the car was undriveable
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Post by: Gambit on 07 January 2004, 13:28
this is exactly the same as what happened to mine, farted banged misfired big puffs of smoke out the back, rev counter bouncing all over the place

replaced dizzy, hasn't done it since, also check all electrical connections for damp, green mould etc

with the ISV disconnected i just idle of the idle screw which is perfectly fine

ISV only compensates the idle when under load from the likes of rear window lights and fan all being on
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Post by: Blue MK2 on 07 January 2004, 13:33
Mine was bouncing all over the place. Got my coil changed and it went away
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 13:40
I think I'll get my idle sorted using the screw and just leave the ISV disconnected.  Its more hassle than its worth I reckon  ::)
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Post by: golfvr6 on 07 January 2004, 14:03
If you are running the car with the idle valve disconnected then you probably have an air leak somewhere.
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 07 January 2004, 14:20
I think you may be right, but I'm not sure where the leak is
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Post by: richandhazel on 07 January 2004, 15:27
If the rev counter is going all over the place that would tend to indicate an ignition problem. Could be that disconnecting the ISV is disguising the real problem.
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Post by: richandhazel on 07 January 2004, 15:29
Don't get me wrong as it could still be a vaccuum leak but I think I would try what Gambit has suggested and check the ignition side of things first.
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Post by: golfvr6 on 07 January 2004, 17:08
Yep i'd go along with that, the hall sender seems to be always worth a look.
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Post by: ?lauf's Chariot on 07 January 2004, 20:41
It shouldn't hurt leaving the ISV disconnected, assuming the engine's idling ok. the ISV only saves the car from stalling, if the engine hunts, you'll hear it clicking. If it wasn't clicking before, then it probably isn't doing much, mine works fine without. With vacuum leaks though, you really have to check nearly all the hoses except cooling ones. Takes a long time, and is a real pain in the arse, try the simple things first!
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Post by: sKrEwBaLL on 08 January 2004, 09:51
The car is running perfectly now with the ISV disconnected.  I had to adjust the idle, and it cuts out for the first minute or so when starting from cold, but I can live with that.   :)