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idle tune

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stupid question but how do you set the idle
its sitting at about 2000rpm on cold and 1500rpm on warm
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Should never have to set the idle, ECU does that for you. Sounds like you've left a vacuum line off somewhere or tightened the throttle cable bracket up too tight...
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thanks ill have a look i think it may be the throttle cable bracket
then should i reset the ecu
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ben come to gosford and fix my car :( ive got the idle down but now after driving then stoping in nutrual it acts like the steper motor is stuffed raises revs slowly then drops

i might take my manuals to work and have a read if i get some down time tonight
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Good tip to remember
Don't tighten bolts when the engines hot
I sorta forgot and snaped one of the throttle cable bracket bolts =( wasn't thinking at the time ay owell
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Funnily enough, Im up that way quite often over summer. Got a caravan at Lake Macquarie.

Yeah, once you've reset the ECU, it will stall & f**k around till you drive it around for a few hours. It has to relearn how to idle.

If it doesn't, then there's a good chance that if your stepper was old & weak, then the battery reset may have killed it.
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nar stepper was replaced few months back
its idleing fine now its just sorta laggy like driving at 60 it will sorta jolt like it loses power for a split second just randomly happens
no engine light comes on so dont know what it is , its annoying but prob better then having massive idle
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Turn the idle screw down.
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Thanks ill give it a go befor I leave work for home in the morning
Hopefully I remember
( pays off to carry tools in the car lol )
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bduffman wrote:Thanks ill give it a go befor I leave work for home in the morning
Hopefully I remember
( pays off to carry tools in the car lol )
+1

Amen.
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