1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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Swanseajack
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1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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My daughters 1997 Rev 4 n/a has started to hunt on idle between 1500- 2000 rpm, it wont idle at 900 rpm as it used to. I have checked for vacuum leaks but cant see any . I have pulled off a few pipes to see if there are any changes but the only thing that makes a difference is when I pull the small rubber vacuum pipes off the light green sensor fitted in the inlet manifold plenum just after the throttle housing - (it runs rough but stops hunting ) . The car just idles now at 1500 to 2000 up and down continuously , this fault just suddenly appeared on a drive home from work . Any advice greatly appreciated ,thanks in advance .
Thank you members , car now fixed.
As advised I cleaned the Idle stabilisation valve and now all is well . To do this I removed the throttle body to gain access to the two cross head screws holding the ISV .I removed the solenoid housing and cleaned the inside plus the plunger and worked it through 90 degrees whilst adding a light spray of 3M 5 way spray then wiping clean again. I did not remove the coolant hoses from the throttle body as I did'nt want to disturb the cooling system etc.I replaced the two cross head screws with stainless allen screws. When I started the car up I knew straight away that all was well due to it being far smoother on tick over although I had to adjust the idle screw ever so slightly to get an 850rpm tick over from around 650 rpm .The car sounds very sweet now , thanks once again.
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fingers99
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Re: 1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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Any codes?

Conventionally a stuck or dirty idle air control will cause a hunting idle, a vacuum leak a fast idle.
Swanseajack
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Re: 1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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Hi , I havent checked the codes as the engine management light has not come on , therefore I guess no codes will be registered , am I correct in thinking this ?
fingers99
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Yes.
MR2 Rich
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There can still be codes stored in the system even if the engine management light isn't on. :thumleft:
No 2 :(
Peter Gidden
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fingers99 wrote:Yes.


Want to try again?
MR2 Rich
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When I first bought mine it was over fuelling, there was no management light on the dash but checked for codes (the man above actually :wink:). It came back with lambda sensor.
No 2 :(
Gullzter
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Re: 1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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Swanseajack wrote:Hi , I havent checked the codes as the engine management light has not come on , therefore I guess no codes will be registered , am I correct in thinking this ?


No, i had error codes and no warning on dash for the igniter, plenty of other things wont show up either.
Get checking :thumleft:
fingers99
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Re: 1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:
fingers99 wrote:Yes.


Want to try again?


Not really. I'll leave it to you to post something constructive!

To my mind -- and I'll defer to your greater intellect, natch -- IAC is the obvious thing to clean and investigate.
stuMR2lee
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Re: 1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

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Air in coolant system can also cause hunting.
Peter Gidden
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fingers99 wrote:
Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:
fingers99 wrote:Yes.


Want to try again?


Not really. I'll leave it to you to post something constructive!


I did by highlighting your incorrect reply.
Swanseajack
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bump
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Swanseajack wrote:bump


Bump what?

You've edited your post to say problem is fixed. :?
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Re: 1997 Rev 4 hunting on idle , help any ideas please. NOW FIXED ....

Post by ashley »

Swanseajack wrote:
As advised I cleaned the Idle stabilisation valve


Idle Speed Control Valve (ISCV)

Glad you got it sorted :thumleft:
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