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mwg

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23rd Sep 05 at 08:49

Was driving along last night and felt my car judder. Ignored it and then it kept doing it. Couple of minutes later the engine management light came on! Light keeps coming on randomly and my car is bouncing around like a kangaroo. Its also idling at whatever rpm it wants to e.g. this morning started it up from cold so should of been ticking over at about 1100rpm on choke but was ticking over at 500rpm

Took it to Vauxhall 1st thing but they dont have time to put it on the diagnostics machine today so its gonna have to wait till Monday

Anyone have any ideas on what it could be?

I'm sure other people have had similar problems before. Its a 1.2 16v BTW

Also is it safe to carry on driving it as I still have to drive 12 miles home after I've finished work

dna23

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:12

EGR possibly...

i had the same symptoms

http://corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=211900

mwg

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:16

Expensive?

Its like trying to ride a kangaroo at the moment

Fucking thing!

dna23

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:22

quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Expensive?

Its like trying to ride a kangaroo at the moment Fucking thing!

haha i know the feeling, you'll learn to love it soon

i was niave and thought it'd just go away but then after a week or so i thought shoot i really need to sort it so took the EGR out one weekend and cleaned it then hey presto problem solved

(sorry forgot the expensive part - sadly yes if i buy a new one vaux quoted me about 350 so i told them where to go and merely cleaned it out, was covered in shoot and now it runs smooth as anything - will be good for years to come

)

[Edited on 23-09-2005 by dna23]

mwg

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:27

When its idling it sounds like a rally car as its running quite rough as well as ticking over too high or too low

I'm guessing its not going to do any harm driving it home and then back to Vauxhall on Monday, I just wont use it over the weekend cos its very annoying! I want an C20 XE so if it turns out its going to cost loads then I may well sack this engine off

X 60RSA

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:28

No i'd say AFM

mwg

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:33

They are expensive too IIRC

dna23

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:35

quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
They are expensive too IIRC

after my EGR i refitted my AFM wrongly and it was like that chugging u mentioned but in all honesty it barely started and was so lumpy... but then i realised and re fitted it back.

Apparently carb cleaner works on cleaning your AFM if u spray it up the intake

mwg

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23rd Sep 05 at 09:38

Think I'm gonna have to have a poke around and clean things then. Only thing is I dont have a clue where they are

dna23

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23rd Sep 05 at 10:34

quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Think I'm gonna have to have a poke around and clean things then. Only thing is I dont have a clue where they are

its a bitch, right at the bottom underneath everything else, get yourself a haynes and have a go

mwg

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23rd Sep 05 at 11:00

I've got the Haynes manual so will have a look when I get home. I hate cars

LukeGSi

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23rd Sep 05 at 12:26

Could be AFM, EGR or even throttle position sensor, I've just had to change mine

bubble

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24th Sep 05 at 12:50

could be carbon deposits on valves also

J200RSA

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24th Sep 05 at 12:54

its somthing 2 do with the throttle cable m8, my m8's started going it and the replaced the leads and it was still doing it then he cleaned the throttle cable and its fine now.

corsa120

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24th Sep 05 at 17:15

also no1 has mentioned idle control valve, my mrs was idling high/low and kangarooing about with management light coming on randomly

try spraying wd40 all round where idle control valve is cured my mrs 1.6 16v and not done it since

corsa_godfather

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24th Sep 05 at 23:54

idle control valve imo.get your egr checked too though

mwg

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26th Sep 05 at 10:05

It was the idle control valve! Had a new one put in now

thanks for the help

and-m

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26th Sep 05 at 10:49

quote:
Originally posted by dna23

quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
They are expensive too IIRC

after my EGR i refitted my AFM wrongly and it was like that chugging u mentioned but in all honesty it barely started and was so lumpy... but then i realised and re fitted it back.

Apparently carb cleaner works on cleaning your AFM if u spray it up the intake

That usually KILLS afms if you do that you numskull!

dna23

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26th Sep 05 at 11:12

quote:
Originally posted by and-m

quote:
Originally posted by dna23

quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
They are expensive too IIRC

after my EGR i refitted my AFM wrongly and it was like that chugging u mentioned but in all honesty it barely started and was so lumpy... but then i realised and re fitted it back.

Apparently carb cleaner works on cleaning your AFM if u spray it up the intake

That usually KILLS afms if you do that you numskull!