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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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i have a problem! please help

when the car is cold it dosnt want to tick over at all,and when the car is at running temp it ticks over at about 500 rpm. is there any way i can pick the idle speed up? what is the proper idle speed? any help will be great thanks again
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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under the throttle body there is a brass screw,disconnect the iscv andundo the locknut and turn it to increase the revs to about 850rpm,then re-connect your iscv.

sounds like the idle speed control valve is playing up though, remove it and clean it out with some brake and clutch cleaner
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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thats great ill get on the case
many thanks for you reply
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