Well the girlfriend has had this car for 4 weeks now and says it stalling when she is going slow round corners or slowing down..
Well it has never happened to me and she is happy for me to accuse her, that is just her driving and not use to the car yet.
But just wondering do the suffer form poor idling problems? And what can I check or look out for as we are ment to be using this to travel to ford fair on the weekend.
Any advice would be welcome, thank you
Also may I add it is a well serviced car with 69.000 miles on the clock.

 

I'm not really clued up on this engine but someone will tell you if it's right or not.

The idle control valve? Maybe it needs cleaning.
Like I said i don't know the set up so I'm guessing.

And it doesn't stall for you?

 

I've drove it twice to the shops and it was fine for me. But got to take her word for it as we all no they are always right lol..

 

mine does it, its intermediat but it used to be awful at it so i took the airflow sensor off and cleaned it, its between your filter box and your throttle.
try that see what happens.

 

Thanks m8 I will try that, if some of the bits work of my zs I might swap a few over and see what happens

 

Good one dude!
If it was happening all the time like my xr2i did, it was down to an air leak to the brake servo/vacuum hoses

 

idle valve may need cleaning.

check breather pipes on the intake, they can split or go soft and collapse

check throttle body itself, may need cleaning.

maf as mentioned

Also the clutch pedal has a switch on make sure it's plugged in/wires are not broken.

 

The wifes old fiesta did it a few times.There is a Idle Speed Control Valve on the manifold.Its held on by 2 8 mm bolts.Remove the ISCV and clean it out with brake cleaner then soak it in brake fluid over night. Then refit.

 

Thanks for your help lads..

 

speed sensors on these play up, same as focus etc, they hold the revs up till you come to a complete stop when faulty they stall


clutch pedal sensor plays up too

 

You've got a girlfriend Chris??? Wtf I'm amazed lol

I hope she doesn't look like the back end of a bus!

 

My wife's old Mk4 Fiesta 1.3 used to do this, her old man regularly had to clean the ISCV.

Lee

 

This is a annotated pic of the puma engine and is very similar!

 

Thanks for the kind words and some of your expert technical mechanical nohow could come in handy.
And sorry to disappoint m8 she's good looking and 21!

 

Pictures say a thousand words

 

This, there's a 'Y' shaped one that is the block breather, it's kind of 'in' the inlet manifold (where it curves around) and these are well know for splitting.

There's also the Power Steering Pressure sensor, it's behind the front bumper at the bottom to the right, a cylindrical sensor with a plug and 2 wires, check the wires aren't broken/damaged as this can cause the idle to be all over the place.

And as above, check the ISCV and possibly the speed sensor.