This is my first thread so first i want to say hello to everyone on passion ford!

Ive got a focus zetec as a daily driver that eventually a want to make a focos project out of it in the future but just aint got the funds at the mo.

Anyways ive got a problem with the revs sticking on it and its doing my fookin head in. awhen a first start it, its ok then after first mile it sticks at a round 3 thousand revs and stays like it for ages and then just stops. Doesnt do it all the time a did a trip on the motorway the other day and it started doin it when i come off so a dont think its anythin to do with it bein cold . Anyone got any ideas? Thanks in advance

Cheers,Rick

 

The likely culprit is the iscv, or idle speed control valve, located somewhere on the inlet/manifold piping.
Take off and give a bloody good clean with carb cleaner, this normally works, but if well and truly dead a new pattern iscv is not expensive, around £20-£25.
tabetha

 

thanks tabetha al give it a clean later and hopfully that should cure it

cheers,Rick

 

had this with mine was the throttle position sensor, have you had it code read?

cleaning the iscv on mine didn't help, plus u need super long arms to reach it.

My dads 1.6 did it, cleaning the iscv sorted that