Idle just went downtown!?

Mike_ep91

Mike_ep91

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SupaStu said:
I spoke to Toyota about this today, and they said its not a great move to adjust this as its factory set, best to troubleshoot the high/low idle fully first.

If the adjustment works then no bother, its just I fucked a car before adjusting this idle, when I moved it up a little it worked for a while, then the whole car died.
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i had a problem with the idle dropping in my car a couple of weeks ago and i didnt know what was the cause of it.
have you tried getting a couple of new earths for the car to see if it will help i bought some from halfrauds and they helped the problem and then adjusted the idle screw and its spot on now.
 
kieran.s gt

kieran.s gt

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SupaStu said:
I spoke to Toyota about this today, and they said its not a great move to adjust this as its factory set, best to troubleshoot the high/low idle fully first.

If the adjustment works then no bother, its just I fucked a car before adjusting this idle, when I moved it up a little it worked for a while, then the whole car died.
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have adjusted the screw before and its spot on no harm done:)
 
SupaStu

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Cheers lads, i'll clean out all the earths as well, wont do any harm to tick all the boxes. Need a week off to give out rep once this is sorted ;)
 
SupaStu

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Okay just took off the dizzi cap, can you tell me if the cap and rotor are in good nic or not? :

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Cheers
 
Sheldon

Sheldon

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is that a crack near one of the contacts?? and how come you have oil in the dissy? if thats a crack that could be a problem...
 
SupaStu

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Hi, no idea how the oil got there, it looks pretty old oil (the cap is probably pretty old), dont know about the crack, when I change it tomorrow for a new one i'll check the old one again for cracks.

I've had the car for 2.5 yrs and not changed any parts on the dizzi.
 
ryan_v

ryan_v

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did you clean and tighten the earths my car wouldnt run rite until i added extra earths. Id also say if you unpluged the air control and nothing happend then the car doesnt know anything changed so it could well be faulty.
 
SupaStu

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Update today:

Now changed:

*New PVC value and bits
*Cleaned air intake with carb cleaner
*Cleaned ICV or IAC with carb cleaner
*Diagnostic comes up clear, no errors
*Fitted new distributor cap and rotor tonight

I have new sparks plugs to fit tomorrow.

Idling is around 500 (the first mark on the rev counter?) I think its slightly better, as before it was just below that mark.

Anything else I can try? Earthing kit, or some sort of lubricant shit on the eaths?

Cheers
 
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eoinl4529

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this happened in my starlet. shes not a turbo one but on my inlet manifols theres a small bolt to keep the throttle open slightly. mine had fallen out. i just replaced it and the roblem was sorted. not sure about the gt engines but its worth a look. could save you some doh
 
Sheldon

Sheldon

Malta Area Rep.
just put some more revs with the idle screw or take it off and clean it as there could be dirt at the end of it blocking air coming an that means less revs
 
SupaStu

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Cheers, i'll fit the new plugs tomorrow or on Sat, then reset the ecu, then see what happens.

If nothing i'll take another look at the air inlet area and screw.
 
Sheldon

Sheldon

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SupaStu said:
Cheers, i'll fit the new plugs tomorrow or on Sat, then reset the ecu, then see what happens.

If nothing i'll take another look at the air inlet area and screw.
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if you reset your ecu idle will be going up and down until the ecu will "set" itself
 
Sheldon

Sheldon

Malta Area Rep.
SupaStu said:
Would that be a bad thing, surely it will learn fairly quick?
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its not a bad thing but you wouldnt know exactly if it cured the problem... an yeah it wont take much.. (dont expect a 10 minutes drive to do everything lol)
 
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