Starting, idling and problems when driving...

11th March 2011, 23:01

Don't really know where to start. Had a pretty long journey recently, and the car was faultless - until I got back home, and started it up the next day.

I turned the ignition and I could hear the starter motor turning the engine - but it wouldn't fire up. Not until the third time, when I had to dab the accelerator pretty far down, and hold it down about half way to keep it idling at 1000-2000rpm.

So I took off for a 3-4 mile drive. All the way during the drive, beginning and end, the car wanted to rev at 2k. I was worried coming to junctions, and dipped the clutch earlier to compensate. Sometimes if I blipped the accelerator once or twice with clutch in, it would return to about 1k rpm, while making me look a tit as if I'm trying to show off...

So I guess the usual suspects are the ICV and coilpack? Any way of diagnosing which is definitely causing the problem? Or just a case of seeing which cures my problem first, starting by cleaning the ICV?

Help! lol

11th March 2011, 23:52

try cleaning icv first, i did this on mine and it cured the idling problems when i first bought the car.
only recently, now and again mine has started to carry on revving while slowing down, i want to stop but the car wants to carry on driving lol. doesnt really bother me as such but it can get annoying at times when in traffic.

12th March 2011, 09:04

For me, the revving really annoys me - sometimes when I pull away, the car kanagaroos because the revs bounce between 1,500-2,000rpm.

6th May 2011, 17:18

Mines does this too.