Morning
I bought my 2001 1.4 Desire about two months ago and it started making a loud whine in first gear after a couple of weeks. It only does it when the engine is cold.
It also sometimes starts, revs really high and then dies. And the revs can be a bit wobbly when it's idling.
So I asked my garage to replace the idle control valve (I am a proper noob at cars - only recently passed - and wanted to do it myself but was baffled by Haynes and the car was going in anyway for new brake pads and discs). They said they took it out, had a look and said it wasn't that dirty so they just cleaned it up and put it back.
The noise is still there, though it's a bit better, but the problem with it dying hasn't gone away. It did it twice yesterday, once when the engine was warm.
A mate says I should replace the valve, because it's obviously faulty.
Does anyone have any experience of this? Am I barking up the wrong tree with the valve and if not, do you think it should be replaced or is that good money after bad (hello motoring
)??
Thanks in advance