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MR_N
1st July 2008, 20:32
Ive had a search with a few results but no real pic to show me where abouts my idle control valve is. I know its attached the the throttle bodie but can someone point out to me where it is on this pic:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee173/thwaites04/DSC00060.jpg
Forget the numbers and lines, i used them for a different topic.
Thanks

rob162
1st July 2008, 21:23
whats ur problem?

MR_N
1st July 2008, 21:46
the idle keeps dropping really low and stalling the engine at times when i put the clutch down, thinking its the controll valve getting stuck. want to clean it if someone would tell me where it is! Is it the thing at the top of number 3's line with a sensor stuck in it??
anyone

stevo67
1st July 2008, 21:54
If its a mk1 saxo which it looks like then if you look at the drivers side of the engine just below the inlet manifold is where its located.On the mk1 there called idle actuator control valves.Hope this helps sorry I havn`t got a pic.


Steve.

MR_N
1st July 2008, 22:08
anyone with a rough pic, would help immensly

MR_N
2nd July 2008, 07:19
Right started at 7.30, early i know. Took off the throttle body and disconnected everything, took out what i thought was the valve (the thing at the top of line 3). Seized nuts were a bugger but i got em out. sprayed some wd40 and gave a wipe inside, then sprayed some universal carb cleaner round the throttle body and the moving parts. gave that a wipe as it had oil from the old air intake in it ! (damb citroen). As i was putting it back in i heard an allmighty click as if something had snapped off and broke, but nothing had happened. Regardless i attached eveything back up. Re-connected battery and she started and kept the revs constant. YAY! fixed.
Took her for a test drive and nothing was wrong. revs kept at about 1250, sometimes a bit closer to 1500 but that because ages ago i tightened the throttle cable as it has been lagging the last few weeks. but it holds them and dosnt drop or stall. I fixed it! Thanks for the help people