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Offline forzanerazzurri

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sick of my rough idle
« on: 14 January 2004, 05:48 »
im so sick of my rough idle that im thinking about rebuilding my whole engine as it seems tired.   how much does the whole process usually run?  and describe an engine rebuild completely,  does it really make the engine near new?
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Offline mk1

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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #1 on: 14 January 2004, 19:06 »
What engine is it ?.
Steve.
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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #2 on: 14 January 2004, 20:45 »
N how long is ur name?! ;D (only kidding!)

Dinky  :-*
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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #3 on: 14 January 2004, 23:27 »
ive had loads of trouble with my idle and after a fildle about with some connections which didnt make any diference all of a sudden my idles now perfect.... strange how after nearly a year with it idling stupid it now running fine......... good job really mot due in summer!
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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #4 on: 15 January 2004, 00:02 »
i had crap idle too. cleaned the connections inside the air flow meter (black cap bit)

now the idle stays steady. If you try it remember to re-seal the cap or water will blow it up :P
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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #5 on: 15 January 2004, 02:53 »
i didnt touch the air meter... i looked at the isv connection wire was shafted so ive used 2 spade connectors until i can get around to sliding in a new little spade terminal in the orignal connector block....

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Offline forzanerazzurri

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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2004, 05:58 »
do you think it might be throttle body? or throttle body sensor (if there is one)   or eve njust a vacuum leak i missed
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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2004, 13:40 »
Took me 12 months to correct my bad idle. Replaced every thing but no change. Turned out to be a very small hole in air inlet pipe taht runs from the air filter to the engine.  :)
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Offline Miacant

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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #8 on: 25 February 2004, 12:34 »
This idle problem driving me bonkers. Coming to 6 months since I got the car. Replaced ISv, cleaned throttle body, changed temp sensor..... and guess what... revs still bounces each time I start the car when engine is cold. I got to wait approxmately 4 minutes b4 taking off......damn!

Well I suppose I got to keep looking for the source of this problem. Sounds like its gonna take a while to resolve. Wish me luck. :(
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Offline Gambit

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Re:sick of my rough idle
« Reply #9 on: 25 February 2004, 12:43 »
miacant is yours an 8v or 16v?

on my 16v im gonna try swapping over the dash temp gauge sender with that for the ISV temp sender and see if its working - its the last thing i have to check!!
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