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 Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:46 am |
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Joined: Jan 14, 2011
Posts: 93
Trade Rating: +1
Location: blackburn
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hi. First off I know most people will tell me to get the codes read before anything and that is something i will be doing but just seeing if anybody could help.
got in my car this morning,started the engine and the car started to vibrate quite loud through the gearstick. the car also wouldn't idle correctly and it kept reving up to around 1.5-2k revs. this has been happening the last couple of days but not had a chance to get it in the garage.
anyway next thing the orange light came on the dash which i think is the engine management light ( right hand side of the dash as you look at it).
any ideas what it could be - car has not been serviced for a good 8k miles plus as dont know when the previous owner last did it.
Also is it safe to drive to the garage to get the fault tested - that is unless anybody has the equipment around the blackburn/bolton area who could come and do it for me for the money instead.
cheers
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:48 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 5575
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Location: Moscow
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Clean the Idle Control Valve. Have a look in the How-To section, it tells you how to there. 
See if thats any better.
Then give it a good service.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:52 am |
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Joined: Jan 14, 2011
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Location: blackburn
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cheers. thinking of giving the service a go myself but just seen one of the members in little hulton will do it for £15 so might just do that. cheers for the quick reply
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:56 am |
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Joined: Jan 25, 2011
Posts: 163
Trade Rating: +5
Location: Scunthorpe
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mine used to idle really high as well, i just kept turning the engine off and back on and usually it would idle properly. but a good service should do it some good
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:03 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 904
Trade Rating: +5
Location: Little hulton (worsley)
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| tomd0801754 wrote: |
Clean the Idle Control Valve. Have a look in the How-To section, it tells you how to there.
See if thats any better.
Then give it a good service.
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Also clean the map sensor mate.
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