well.....finally got zed through mot and slowly but surely i'm getting there. however........she appears to have an idle issue( bout 500rpm) and the old girl stalls when i press breaks to come to a stop. im not the most technically minded but i need to sort this. how do i get her to speed up a bit. any imput is most grateful

Hiya pal, there is an idle adjustment screw, which adjusts the base idle (the lowest it will go), it's located on the IAC unit, at the rear of the plenum, on the right hand side, it has a grub screw facing the battery, have a look at this link, might help you matey...

 

http://www.es-ab.se/z-car/IdleTech.html

 

One connector is yellow, one grey, can't remember which is which, but as the link shows, it's the one facing upwards, as opposed to the one facing outwards... Hope this helps mate!!!

Just before you go adjusting things though mate. Have a real god look round at all yer vac lines and other various pipes and check for the any loose clips or splits.

It could actually be a boost leak as that cause stalling and often low revs and would also tie in with your other problem you had :)

Cheers

smithy

Yeah, that wot he said n'all :-)

cheers gents i'll have a gander in the morning

if your running BOV's check they are not leaking on vacume..if they are then this can really give your idle a bad day;)

i havent got any bovs but i think i found a cracked possibly leaking pipe on back of engine bout 1 1/2 inch diameter and 6 inch long not sure what it is though. ill investigate in the morning. cheers