Hi guys, since picking up #151 I've not had much chance to put any miles on her as I've been out of town with work. I have had both the timing belt and aux belts changed out and it's driving really well. I put about 150 miles into the car (mostly motorway) and I'm really happy with the drive.
However I have noticed when warm the idle does seem to drop back sometime and it seems a little like the car is stuggling to tickover. It doesn't actually stall and looks to be idling at around 750rpm. With a little gas it picks right up and will rev out cleanly.
From looking on the net it seems like this is a fairly common issue and the idle is pretty lumpy and the idle control valve is often quoted as the culprit. I wouldn't really describe it as lumpy, more just like the idle dropping off rather than anything more dramatic.
My car only has 27k and had new plugs fitted by renault 300 miles ago and it was also tested on their diagnostics and recieved a full bill of health.
I am happy to live with this if it's just a known 'part of the charachter'. However if the ICV needs cleaned or replaced where would I locate this on the engine?
As the car is low mileage I would doubt the ICV would need much of a cleanup and I don't want to introduce problems if they all idle like this.
Many thanks!
However I have noticed when warm the idle does seem to drop back sometime and it seems a little like the car is stuggling to tickover. It doesn't actually stall and looks to be idling at around 750rpm. With a little gas it picks right up and will rev out cleanly.
From looking on the net it seems like this is a fairly common issue and the idle is pretty lumpy and the idle control valve is often quoted as the culprit. I wouldn't really describe it as lumpy, more just like the idle dropping off rather than anything more dramatic.
My car only has 27k and had new plugs fitted by renault 300 miles ago and it was also tested on their diagnostics and recieved a full bill of health.
I am happy to live with this if it's just a known 'part of the charachter'. However if the ICV needs cleaned or replaced where would I locate this on the engine?
As the car is low mileage I would doubt the ICV would need much of a cleanup and I don't want to introduce problems if they all idle like this.
Many thanks!
