well i unplugged the the air flow meter today and the idle dropped to 1k but the engine management light come on so im going replace that first, then do the iac if that fails.

Cheers shrek anyway

try the iac mate bit of a pain to change but give it a go, use brake cleaner to clean up iac.

throttle is spotless still at high revs though. im now thinking new idle air control valve ?

So for example if the carb is full of shit and making the butterfly valve stick up slightly this would cause it. Whats the best thing to use to clean the iac ?

Ill have a look through haynes manual about power steering changing fluid etc

yeh probably mate but before spending 2 much i would check out what is def wrong, perhaps an air leak that only shows up when warm, its common for the iac's to go down though, as for the pas try changing the fluid failing that id check the one way valves etc in the rack.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/c20xe-idle-controle-valve_W0QQitemZ250078834799QQihZ015QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Would this help my idling problem?

I've just searched through a few threads simular to this and its seems i got a few options clean it or replace it.

*i will now use search abit more often its useful

Finally got a valver as with most comes with small problems

When warm the engine ticks over at 1.5k then sometimes flickers between 1-1.5 im assuming its the air flow meter connected to the induction pipe.

Is this correct or am i thinking wrong?

Also

The powersteering when cold is jerky like its got air trapped in the system. Could this be true and what are the things i could do to make it right?


Thanks in advance