calidus
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
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car had been idling all over the shop, sometimes it wanted to tick over at 3k other times itd sit rnd 900 and fluctuate up to 1200, then other times it sits at 2k and goes down or up, i considered getting a new throttle cable but the car does all this revving on its own so got an idle valve, i have fitted it and tried taking it out for a spin, allowing it get warm then tootling along at 40mph as this is supposed to reset it, but it has not, car still seems to like revving at 4k, i am going to try disconnecting battery and see what it does from there.
Could i be experiencing throttle position sensor problems? or something more serious/ simple?
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Herbsta
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sounds like a filter problem mate,
when was the last time you had an oil change?
what air filter have you got?
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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temp sensor?
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calidus
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
Location: Lincoln
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got a pipercross induction kit on c16xe, will try giving it an oil change, think it had one 1-2k ago, its being ran on semi synth but it has a hard life...
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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Air leak or immobolisor, its gotta be
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Herbsta
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how many miles has it done mate?
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
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i'm going with coolant temp sensor 
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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^^ i have exactly same problem. coolant temp sensor made no difference whatso ever
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Throttle position sensor or more likely Air mass meter. Changing oil/coolant temp sensor has nothing to do with idle speed... The above two do.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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i cannot remeber if this enginbe looks like mine or not, but if it dus, hav a look at the Pipe That joins the top part of the inlet manifold to the throttle bodie as mine had a split in it and was making the car idle mad, worth a try 
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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mine is like that rob and fault code is tps!
Is this a new problem or ongoing?
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calidus
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its done it a few times, i replaced ecu cos that was getting damp if u remember dude, i had tried just bout everything and found the loom was getting wet in and coming down to ecu, sealed it up big time and new ecu and was sweet as, but it still bin idling funny. How hard os throttle position sensor to sort and kinda cost? the car seems to make the ICV push its foot allllllllllllllllll the way out whenever i have removed it
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Greg_M
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Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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sounds to me like your car knows your going to buy a mini. and its not happy
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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tps is fiddly to get too hence i havent changed mine yet lol!
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calidus
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are they pricey tho? if they aint will tackle it full on lol! so does urs hold revs at bout 3-4k then??? its embarrassing and makes u look like u cant drive  turn the engine off n bk on n its sitting at 2, move off in 1st, and ease off the power, dip clutch and its bk up again.dont get me wrong i love the car just dont like the fiddly bits to replace, too many sensors n stuff its so confuddling, new ICV cost me 40quid for official vaux item  not bad not bad...
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ainsley_brader
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mine does it very occasionally but bloody annoying when it does do it!
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topshot_2k
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how much is throttle position sensor?
i have exactly same probs mate, ive swapped icv, new gaskets on inlet, cts swapped etc etc. this is my last sensor im going to change before i (sadly) have to admit defeat an hand over to garage
also could the air flow sensor have anything to do with it? only fault code i got a while back was Air Idle Contorl Valve but nothing since i changed it
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gsi-gaz
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did have probs like this on mine,
not coolant temp, or throttle position or air mass meter, has i tried all these, it was an air leak
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topshot_2k
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mine has no air leak tho ive tested it 100 times now
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ukcorsamod
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[Edited on 07-01-2005 by ukcorsamod]
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topshot_2k
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^^ helpful
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calidus
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
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i found my car had got a scummy ecu plug again so cleaned the pins and all seems to be well again for now!
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