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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: nen3906 on 19 November 2008, 16:43:51

Title: Eratic Idle
Post by: nen3906 on 19 November 2008, 16:43:51
Guys
      My 2.5V6 R plate has only just started doing its little thing.  When stationary at lights in N, the revs will die, but at the last minute before it stalls the revs suddenly blast to 900rpm, then back to die, then back to 900.
  It doesnt happen often, twice a month if that, and I have completed the Paperclip test with nothing showing up.

Any ideas ??
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: kevpuk on 19 November 2008, 16:46:34
Idle control valve - just had the same problem and the peeps here told me what to do :)
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: kevpuk on 19 November 2008, 16:49:38
See here (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1225735093)
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: nen3906 on 19 November 2008, 16:56:08
Cool, thank you........
Is it easy to replace ?
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: kevpuk on 19 November 2008, 17:14:17
Quite likely just needs a good clean......took me about 30 mins, tops, and is good as new :D
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: nen3906 on 19 November 2008, 17:17:08
Where is it on the engine  lol :y
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: MutantCav on 19 November 2008, 17:18:16
Very easy to take off...soak the metal bit in carb cleaner and give it a good clean out...make sure you lube the black rubber holder to make it a firm fit back into the plenum after...
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: kevpuk on 19 November 2008, 17:41:50
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Where is it on the engine  lol :y

Pretty sure there are pics in the post I linked to......that was my source :)
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: MutantCav on 19 November 2008, 17:45:42
Replacing is the opposite of removing lol VERY easy :)
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: ngrainqey on 19 November 2008, 19:05:08
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Where is it on the engine  lol :y

if you look under the bonnet at the plenium (thing inbetween the two banks of cylinders)

on the r.hand side of it towards the front there's a cylindrical shaped thing on it's side with a black rubber holder, this is the idle control valve (to take it off you slide it out of the rubber sleeve/holder after releasing the connector on the rear of it (squeeze the two loops inwards towards the plug and tug off) then remove the inch roughly pipe to the bagpipes which will release it apart from a thin pipe... just tilt it over and spray carb cleaner into it until it seems "cleaned out" haha
Title: Re: Eratic Idle
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 19 November 2008, 19:12:36
the one with the ICV label
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x80/mecdv6/v6enginebay.jpg)