low revs on idle

Fulltiltorgasm · Post by **Fulltiltorgasm** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:10 pm

have been noticing lately that my fto is idling really low revs like 400- 500 at standstill 1st gear, seems really low i thought they are usually meant to idle at 800-1000rpms, any suggestions as to what could be causing this, i know u can change idle speed, anyone know how to??

cheers

Post by **aza013** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:26 pm

it will drop down when in a gear (Tip) as it is still under load.
As for changing the idle see pic, turne untill the reves get to where you like.

Fulltiltorgasm · Post by **Fulltiltorgasm** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:06 am

thanks mate, spoke to rik (joe n riks) he reckon it could be the idle control motor, is that the same part as the starter motor?? same thing ? so im takin it to him tommorow to have a look see,

cheers

Post by **aza013** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:42 pm

I take it you mean the stepper motor not starter motor?

Fulltiltorgasm · Post by **Fulltiltorgasm** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:28 am

yeah meant stepper, had it checked out, lifted the idle slightly and gave the stepper a clean and sprayed it with something, ill keep an eye on it for little while, if it is still struggling on idling ill just get a new one, im guessing cost would be $100- $150 ??

btw, congrats on gettin close to that 150kw atw mark

, thats rather impressive, thats what i would be lookin at doin rather than the turbo avenue.

Post by **aza013** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:14 pm

thanks

oh and I got a price for a bulk order of 10 stepper motors shipped for aprox $205 each from the UK.