horribly rattle/buzzing noise...

[carlos7777777]

hi sax-p,

yesterday i realised that there is a horrible buzzing/rattling noise coming from just above the rocker cover, next to where the throttle body is.

one of my mates said it could be the idle control valve - or the motor that controls it :wacko:.

sometimes when i have been driving round a bit and the engine is warm, my car just suddenly dies when i dip the clutch and go to change gear, and wont start first time in the morning - i need to rev it up while turning the key.

yesterday my mate adjusted the throttle cable, so my car would naturally idle at higher revs than normal, but as i was driving, it started kangarooing lol and started reving itself freely between 1k-3k revs :wacko:. i pulled up at my gf's house and adjusted the cable back to its original position and then it was fine...

but yea, i have a horrible rattle/buzzing noise, is it the ICV or something else?

thanks alot,

Carl.

[carlos7777777]

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[carlos7777777]

need help please, its still doing it :(

[evans1089]

rattle might be yea tappets, jumpy idle can be idle control valve or throttle position sensor!

[carlos7777777]

naa its not the tappets, had them done a few weeks ago, its coming from a little black box just above the rocket cover and just below the throttle body... btw i have a 1.1.

yh some1 has said it probably is the idle control valve. how much would it roughly cost to get a icv or tps?

thanks alot, Carl.

[carlos7777777]

need help :(