24-07-2016, 09:42 PM
*SOLVED for me*
Hi there, so as I said before your problem sounds pretty much the same as my one.
changed some of the filters ect and then the car started acting up at low revs and stalling when pressing the gas peddle gently and releasing it, to nudge forward at low revs.
turns out when pressing the gas genteelly to nudge in traffic say from 1000 revs (idle speed for me) 1300 revs, the ICV (idle control valve) was adjusting the revs so it sat back down at 1000 because it thought the car was over rev-ing, but when releasing the gass the revs would drop because of the lack of gas and drop to 700 or lower causing the car to stall.
What I did was re-set the ECU (engine control unit) - to reset the sensors, there are a couple of different methods to do this but the most detailed was from this guy:
(HATS OFF TO "POODLE", life saver)
http://306oc.co.uk/forum/archive/index.p...-9003.html
Found this among some old notes, thought it might be useful.
How to reset your ECU:
•Disconnect battery for 45 minutes.
•Reconnect battery and turn ignition to MAR for 90 seconds.
•Turn ignition off and leave for 90 seconds.
•Start engine without pressing throttle, let car idle for 15 minutes. Don't touch anything else!
•Turn off engine and leave for 10 minutes.
•Your ECU is now reset, go for a long drive covering all driving styles and cycles.
after following these steps to the letter I don't have any issues with the car at low revs any more, I must have left the battery off for a while when changing over all the filters and then went for a short drive afterword's which didn't let the system re calabrate the sensors (I think)
Di3Ny
Hi there, so as I said before your problem sounds pretty much the same as my one.
changed some of the filters ect and then the car started acting up at low revs and stalling when pressing the gas peddle gently and releasing it, to nudge forward at low revs.
turns out when pressing the gas genteelly to nudge in traffic say from 1000 revs (idle speed for me) 1300 revs, the ICV (idle control valve) was adjusting the revs so it sat back down at 1000 because it thought the car was over rev-ing, but when releasing the gass the revs would drop because of the lack of gas and drop to 700 or lower causing the car to stall.
What I did was re-set the ECU (engine control unit) - to reset the sensors, there are a couple of different methods to do this but the most detailed was from this guy:
(HATS OFF TO "POODLE", life saver)
http://306oc.co.uk/forum/archive/index.p...-9003.html
Found this among some old notes, thought it might be useful.
How to reset your ECU:
•Disconnect battery for 45 minutes.
•Reconnect battery and turn ignition to MAR for 90 seconds.
•Turn ignition off and leave for 90 seconds.
•Start engine without pressing throttle, let car idle for 15 minutes. Don't touch anything else!
•Turn off engine and leave for 10 minutes.
•Your ECU is now reset, go for a long drive covering all driving styles and cycles.
after following these steps to the letter I don't have any issues with the car at low revs any more, I must have left the battery off for a while when changing over all the filters and then went for a short drive afterword's which didn't let the system re calabrate the sensors (I think)
Di3Ny