marky_g

noticed today that my car seems to be ideling abit high it used to idel at 1000prm now it about 1200rpm

its standard engine mfi s2 just stage 1 it was fine friday

also noticed my throttle bracket was loose and only had 1 bolt in, could this have affected it?

gonna stick another bolt in in the morning but i got a feeling the probs not going to go away

any ideas or advice on where to check etc most appriciated

MorryRS

I would tighten the bracket anyway as this will affect the throttle cable and where its positioned.

Probably will fix it , if its only just happenend

Moonie

After you have securley mounted the throttle cable bracket make sure there is a small ammount of slack in the accelerator cable.

gup

iTrader: (1)

you might have a slight air leak fella have you removed the idle screw and cleaned it as these carbon up

marky_g

right first thing first it was idling at 1400 not 1200 lol

i replaced and tightened it all the bolts....... no change

so i adjusted screw back so it idled an 1000, then when i turned it off and started it it was only idling at 700/800

so nipped it up a bit so it idled at 1100/1200 and it seems fine

i thought about the air leak but im sure when u have an air leak it makes it idle lower,

incidentally the blue and brown plugs were never connected on the back of the inlet so i connect the brown, dint seem to make any difference

it runs fine weather there connected or not

it was set up at grove about 3 months ago and they had to do some wiring because it would never idle or start from cold, and a excellent set up to

its been on the road for 3 weeks i changed the valve oil seals, (this is why the bracket was loose lol) do maybe its a settlement thing????

hopefully i susses it as i think the cable was i bit tight

any other info would be grate

gup

iTrader: (1)

also clean the auxiliary valve under the inlet where the 2 hard plastic pipes goes too

you could take this off and clean it internally and check to c if it still works

something like you out it in the freezer for about 10 mins and the hole inside should be closed

and when it warms up the hole will gradually open up almost fully
or the other way round ie open when cold and closed when hot

marky_g

right i adjusted it before i went out so it was idling at 1100 been out for about an hour driving pretty hard and now its idling at 1350 again

i have noticed that the fast idle screw is out a bit should i let the throttle close totally???

dont rely wanna be adjust stuff as it me be masking a problem its been fine all the rest of the time ive owned it

Moonie

Do you mean the throttle stop screw? If you adjust the throttle stop screw then you are also going to need to adjust the throttle position switch. If its not been adjusted since the setup then i would leave it alone.

When you get the fast idle is there still free play in the throttle cable?

To be honest it could be a number of things that could cause your problem. As you say you dont really want to start adjusting things, you would be better off taking it to someone with the correct equipment to check it for you.

marky_g

nah it was in the normal position, ive put it back to how it was now,

i have been tinkering around it nearly all day gave it a water and oil change as its going on a rolling road tomorrow, it seems to be ok now idles at 1050 don't get higher or seem to drop maybe its ok now, sure we'll soon see