Fu***ing one thing or another!

[Doink1]

Chaps please help,

I have been having some problems with my alarm and in an attempt to get to the bottom if it i tried to find the alarm unit behind the dash. In the end i couldnt quite get to it so i reassembled the dash and decided to go for a butty.

Turned the car over and it started first time but then stalled. Tried again and it hunted around the revs between 500-1000 and then cut out again.

Tried it for a third time and gave it some revs and drove off. Drives fine while on the move but when i shop it stalls as the revs drop really low. Can anybody explain what i have done and how i can fix it.

Cheers
Steve

[Geeman]

You went for a butty. Nothing you can do about it now... too late.

Seriously though, I doubt you did anything if you didn't even get to the module. It sounds like the ICV is playing up if it only happens when your not on the throttle...

[Doink1]

ICV?

Idle control valve?

Could just be a coinsidence i surpose. I'll see what its like on the way home tonight.

Thanks for the reply Giles.

Steve

[pete325i]

was the battery or ECU disconnected for anytime?

If so the ECU will have to re learn the chip - Takes about an hour.

Just an idea


Pete

[e30nerd]

if it is that the battery was disconected the Pete is right. They say to leave the car at idle for 10 minutes so that it will start remapping

[Doink1]

Cheers fellas,

You were spot on as usual, After about an hour the car was back to normal.

Thanks
Steve