Author Topic: revs hunting on tick over  (Read 2127 times)

Offline clancy

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revs hunting on tick over
« on: 07 December 2014, 23:27 »
Last few months my cars seems to rev it's self on tick over, not every time but pretty often. Jumps up to about 2k then back to tick over revs

Any ideas on cause ? Air box mod has been done and it's an abf engine if that's relevant

Any help appreciated
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Offline GOLF-MK3-GTI

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Re: revs hunting on tick over
« Reply #1 on: 07 December 2014, 23:54 »
Clean throttle body and then realign using the following procedure;


Disconnect battery for a few hours best overnight then reconnect both terminals. Then turn on the ignition, don't start the engine though and don't touch the pedals. Leave on for 30 seconds then turn ignition off and then start the car straight away not touching any pedals. That should align the throttle body.

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Re: revs hunting on tick over
« Reply #2 on: 08 December 2014, 00:03 »
Will give that a go thanks for the idea
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Re: revs hunting on tick over
« Reply #3 on: 08 December 2014, 21:39 »
Air or vacuum leak ? .Faulty ISV ?

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Re: revs hunting on tick over
« Reply #4 on: 08 December 2014, 22:39 »
Air or vacuum leak ? .Faulty ISV ?

ABF? it will very likely be the above