As title, my car just wants to die, not sure if its to do with these vacuum pipes or not. any hints as to where to start looking?

TPS, MAF, boost hoses, base idle speed.

check the balance bar bolts aswell, as i blew one off the other day and caused the same prob lol

TPS, MAF, boost hoses, base idle speed.

 

Does a N/A have boost hoses?

 

i have a spare TPS ill try that, MAF was the same one that was on the car to start with before the engine blew and it was working fine then, but ill test it anyway.

 

might be the idle speed. the oil pressure gauge on the dash shows its losing pressure as its trying to idle, could this be something to do with it? or is that just a symptom of it dieing at such low revs?

 

All bolts on balance bar accounted for and present :D also nice and tightly done up.

 

Could it be the exhaust back pressure causing the problem due to it not being done up in the middle? (need new bolts and gasket)

mine done this a few times, especially if it had stood a while. Turns out it was a bad connection on the coolant temp sensor so engine was over fuelling at idle:)

 

Which was a dam sight easier to sort out than my f*£$%g brakes:rant:

 

Paul.

mine done this a few times, especially if it had stood a while. Turns out it was a bad connection on the coolant temp sensor so engine was over fuelling at idle:)

 

Which was a dam sight easier to sort out than my f*£$%g brakes:rant:

 

Paul.

 

Awww dont say that, gotta do the front brake pads yet lol

 

And god my car shifts, fook me....

Edited November 13, 200916 yr by vodkashots

Bit of an update.

 

Been out to the car, changed the TBS over and it still did it, i then adjusted the throttle idler, to bring the car up to around 1k RPM as if i try and get it to idle any lower, it just wants to die.

 

Sat it there idling away, and the revs started creeping back up, then i heard a very strange pooosh sound in time with the engine rotating. and the revs climbed slightly to around 1.2k rpm, and sat there until i went and tapped the idler.

 

The exhuast isn't blowing any kind of smoke, but someone said it smelled like it was running rich.

 

Car comes up to temperature and stays there. so fans and coolant are working ok. might change the temp sensor over tomorrow for the one on my old engine and see if that has anything to do with it. might also try known working spark plugs from my old engine as it does sound like its miss firing every now and then. so id say its definitely det'ing (unless im well wrong lol)

 

Update on the lights. wired the left hand side light to the right hand side light too see if that fixes anything, but all that did was create the problem of only having one high beam (passenger side) and no side lights ???

 

So reversed the wiring, and have the old problem of the drivers side just not lighting up very well. Arrrggghhh lol, but ill get there.

 

Just really need to sort this idle problem now.

anyone?

id sorted all my vac.boost leaks out.

 

coudnt get the car to idle at all.

 

 

turn the idle valve up, thats what its there for

Mine did this took aftermarket air filter off found to be wet left maf to dry then fitted new filter problem gone!!!

does she start up normal...i.e starting and driving as normal just wants to cut off when the revs drop to idle or is starting her up a bit problematic too ?

Edited November 17, 200916 yr by Maz
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I have a similar issue.

 

When the car is started, the revs rise to over 1000 revs and then before settling down go dangerously low (almost 200 revs). Once the car actually stalled because the revs fell so low.

 

All I do now is hold the revs for a couple of seconds to stop them from falling too low on start up.

she starts fine, then a few seconds later shes all over the place, sometimes she sits at 2000rpm, others she drops to around 500rpm and wants to just die. found a nice air leak on the intake pipe to throttle body due to the plastic getting bent over and under the jubilee clip. sorted that out, now she just wants to sit around 700rpm idling, still need to sort out the idle valve control now. as i adjusted it when it was revving so low last time.

i think there is a how to on here on adjusting the idle? u have to remove the yellow plug from idle control valve before adjusting idle iirc?,

 

while engine is running spray some WD40 around all the gaskets(throtle bodies idle control valve etc) & all the vac hoses..if the revs raise at any point then its sucking in air at that point...we found a few on mine doing it this way!!