car advice needed

[rachel]

MAF failiure will most likley bring a light on !!! namley the "orange light of doom !"

Try unplugging the maf sensor and see what happends the ecu will run a basic default curve ;-)
no difference and I doubt its the MAF

we are just talking about and idle speed problem here arn't we? as in no loss of power ????

You could always call the RAC out they can read it for you , but remember the cars old it could have numerous codes in the ecu as they don't carry times and dates so jut deleate whats there and re-read it
Rachel

[panosg]

Il agree with Rachel.
Check vacuum pipes for perishing and any air leaks. Air flow meter it's a common fault on those but will not give you bad idling, just lost of performance.
If vac pipes are ok then more likely the idle control valve needs removing, cleaning and refit and adjust reset the adaptions.

[panosg]

Also check the brake servo pipe as they are notorious for splitting and giving bad idling!

[Boggy]

Sweet! sorted. Rachel you win the cigar. Just a simple air leak on a little "s" shaped pipe below the manifold. it was covered with grease and perished. changed that and its perfect. now ticks over at 1000rpm smoothly and av mpg up to 34! well chuffed:) thanks for ALL the advice guys/girl it is appreciated. ( No fault codes showed up at my mates garage,he spotted the pipe in seconds knew exactly where to look.)

[rachel]

[QUOTE=Boggy;924297]Sweet! sorted. Rachel you win the cigar. Just a simple air leak on a little "s" shaped pipe below the manifold. it was covered with grease and perished. changed that and its perfect. now ticks over at 1000rpm smoothly and av mpg up to 34! well chuffed:) thanks for ALL the advice guys/girl it is appreciated. ( No fault codes showed up at my mates garage,he spotted the pipe in seconds knew exactly where to look.)[/QUOTE]

your welcome its nice to get somthing right ;-)

as for the cigar , yuck! no thanks but a dry white wine would be good :-)
X Rachel

[Boggy]

I'll make sure you get a glass at the grassroots:) Just becarefull not to spill it on the drive home.:D

[oneandonlyian]

Just saw this and was about to say air leak, but im too late

[Boggy]

I'll close it now:) thanks again for all the suggestions:)