slightly higher than normal idle

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by griston64

Cleaned the valve really thoroughly a year ago. Mine is pretty much like that though so I will clean again. I also have a new gasket ready to clean the throttle body

I'll update after drive home

Probably overdue for another clean then Mark. I was going to suggest it as one of the options but Luke beat me to it. Worth doing every few months until you know how dirty it gets. Fairly sure mine needs a clean out as well and i've not done it for a couple of years. That said mine is a bit more protected from gunge than the red block engines so not quite so urgent on mine to do it as regularly.

[griston64]

I'll go the whole hog and do pcv again when I have throttle body off

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by griston64

I'll go the whole hog and do pcv again when I have throttle body off

You must have read my mind Mark!

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

You must have read my mind Mark!

I might just do the pipe and elbow though as I don't have a spare o ring for the box of gunge And In all fairness when I replaced the box last year it wasn't that full of crud. The previous owner said he cleaned pcv yearly so that's probably why it wasn't that bad

On my breaker car which does have 100k more miles than mine the little elbow was blocked solid and the pipe into gunge box was just about closed over ! Strangely the idle was perfect !

[Laird Scooby]

Give it a go and see how it runs after Mark. Also have yuo checked the coolant level?

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Give it a go and see how it runs after Mark. Also have yuo checked the coolant level?

Idle settled fine on way home tonight. Coolant level is fine. Hasn't moved at all since I renewed , flushed and fitted a new stat a year ago

[griston64]

Originally Posted by griston64

Idle settled fine on way home tonight. Coolant level is fine. Hasn't moved at all since I renewed , flushed and fitted a new stat a year ago

Not in that exact order obviously

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by griston64

Idle settled fine on way home tonight. Coolant level is fine. Hasn't moved at all since I renewed , flushed and fitted a new stat a year ago

Could simply have been because it was cold this morning. I've noticed mine tend to run a bit fast when it's colder, one is LH2.2 (no Lambda or cat) and the other is PGM-Fi with one cat and two Lambdas (one per bank) and the added extra of an AIT - Air Intake Temperature - sensor.

See how it goes from now on, if it's higher on cold mornings then settles later when it's warmer then it's probably completely normal.

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Could simply have been because it was cold this morning. I've noticed mine tend to run a bit fast when it's colder, one is LH2.2 (no Lambda or cat) and the other is PGM-Fi with one cat and two Lambdas (one per bank) and the added extra of an AIT - Air Intake Temperature - sensor.

See how it goes from now on, if it's higher on cold mornings then settles later when it's warmer then it's probably completely normal.

I felt it was slightly warmer up here today. Must've been close to 10c this morning. Perhaps she was just feeling a bit off colour today

[360beast]

Originally Posted by griston64

I felt it was slightly warmer up here today. Must've been close to 10c this morning. Perhaps she was just feeling a bit off colour today

Is that it!? I got in the Fabia to move it off the drive earlier and it said 22 degrees, I've had the garden door open all day today and the house temperature said 17 degrees all day and still says it now.