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what is the 'ideal idle speed?


martineaster
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sounds like you got a pipe leaking somewhere, i doubt the idle will just go out of sinc , you had any engine work done to it ?

when the car is cold it should idle just abouve 1k then drop down to 900 ish

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Does it *sound* as though it's running at 500rpm? Other possibility is that the instrument cluster has lost it's calibration, so is reading 400rpm less than the engine's actually doing...

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500 def sounds too low, if it idling at that speed the engine surely is struggling and would feel like it's going to stall? Try disconnecting the battery for a wee while, if it doesn't sort itself then it's a trip to the garage mate sad.gif style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

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