Hi guys,
Strange problem with my idle, believe it may be an electrical issue but it seems to be getting worse? The annoying thing is that it's random - the worse kind of fault. It all started when I disconected the battery months ago for half an hour when I was playing about.
The problem is it will randomly idle below 500rpm, so low the gauge is at zero sometimes. I can feel the engine struggling and hear it tapping, so when it does happen something's not being lubricated. I can get around this by having the car in neutral with my foot on the accelerator gently to hold it where it should be Idleing. It's almost like a misfire but can't tell as surely it would carry on coughing when the throttle is applied? It drives as it should otherwise.
Car is well serviced, all recent ignition, icv is clean, all breather pipes clean, etc - can't think what else to check?
Car is a 1999 2.0 executive with the f20b6 engine. Any ideas what it could be guys?
Strange problem with my idle, believe it may be an electrical issue but it seems to be getting worse? The annoying thing is that it's random - the worse kind of fault. It all started when I disconected the battery months ago for half an hour when I was playing about.
The problem is it will randomly idle below 500rpm, so low the gauge is at zero sometimes. I can feel the engine struggling and hear it tapping, so when it does happen something's not being lubricated. I can get around this by having the car in neutral with my foot on the accelerator gently to hold it where it should be Idleing. It's almost like a misfire but can't tell as surely it would carry on coughing when the throttle is applied? It drives as it should otherwise.
Car is well serviced, all recent ignition, icv is clean, all breather pipes clean, etc - can't think what else to check?
Car is a 1999 2.0 executive with the f20b6 engine. Any ideas what it could be guys?