Hi,
I've just changed the variator and cam belt on my newly aquired Barchetta and now the engine tends to hunt on idle. Just before the engine slows enough to stall, it'll sudenly pick-up and run at normal idle, before starting to die again. Very similar symtoms to that experienced by Mad Matt in an earlier thread - possible fuel system problem. Engine tends to die/stall when coming upto the traffic lights etc!
This is a low milage engine and as the variator was making the diesel sound when I bought the car, I don't know if the unstable idle is due to me getting the timming a tooth out some how (the car appears to run fine when driven and revs freely) or if the problem has always been there, only masked by the variator problem. Engine now sounds sweet apart from the idle!
So far I've replaced the spark plugs and thoroughly cleaned the throttle body but neither of these has made any differance.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
I've just changed the variator and cam belt on my newly aquired Barchetta and now the engine tends to hunt on idle. Just before the engine slows enough to stall, it'll sudenly pick-up and run at normal idle, before starting to die again. Very similar symtoms to that experienced by Mad Matt in an earlier thread - possible fuel system problem. Engine tends to die/stall when coming upto the traffic lights etc!
This is a low milage engine and as the variator was making the diesel sound when I bought the car, I don't know if the unstable idle is due to me getting the timming a tooth out some how (the car appears to run fine when driven and revs freely) or if the problem has always been there, only masked by the variator problem. Engine now sounds sweet apart from the idle!
So far I've replaced the spark plugs and thoroughly cleaned the throttle body but neither of these has made any differance.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.