306 meridian 1.8 no idle

[gazza3535]

Hi everyone,

this is my first post my wife car will run great for ages, then it will decide not to idle for a day a week then goes back to working fine, the engine stops anytime that the car does, it will stop if you knock it out of gear whilst moving, it starts up straight away, but the only way to stop it doing it is to keep your foot on the accelertor and keep the revs up, anyone got any ideas
thanks,


gary

[bettyswollocks]

Wild guess "idle control valve" ,by the way first post should have been in "Introductions".

[gazza3535]

sorry i meant first post in car forum

[gazza3535]

Thanks,

is the idle conrtol valve a diy job or a gararge job ? and where abouts is it situated on the engine ?

thanks again

[JazzJPH]

I think on your motor you cab adjust yourself easily enough. The last one of these I saw just needed pliers or spanner and you adjust it to suit. Easy way to find it is by getting the bonnet up and have somebody rev it while its on. Then when you know where it is you'll see how it works

[davidireland]

This engine has a idle speed stepper motor. Its a black cylindrical shaped thing made by magnetti marelli.
Its attached to the throttle body.
There is no manual adjustment.

[gazza3535]

thanks, where is the throttle body ? do i just follow the throttle cable to find it

[gazza3535]

found it ! i just need a set of torx keys now to remove it so i can get the model No. from it then i can order a new one from ebay,

thank to everyone for helping

regs


gary