Loss of Idle?

[Pablohoney]

I drove a couple of miles last night to pick my girlfriend from the station. Parked up, turned engine off and waited for about 5 minutes.
As I started up and selected reverse the engine died. Thinking it was I being to eager to get away and stalling, I thought nothing of it. I started up again and the same thing happened. ???

The car would start-up easy and sound fine and would drive ok but if I took my foot off the accelerator the revs would drop and the car stall.

What annoyed me even more was after I got home and parked up (after some creative brake and throttle control to get home) and got back in the car to drop my girlfriend home the car was fine. No problem at all?

Any suggestions?

 

[Tom]

age, milage and engine type.

 

[Pablohoney]

Loss of Idle

26000 miles
on A V `99
1.2 80 sx

 

[Colin]

Re: loss of idle

Also have a similar problem, engine idles normally one day then suddenly drops to 500rpm or slowly dies and then stalls.

29500 miles
on A W `00
1.2 80 sx

 

[Tom]

Re: Re: loss of idle

Have to admit that I know very little about the 1.2 as it has the mega-complex throttle like the HGT155. All I know is fiat will exchange them for recon items so they obviously go wrong.

Sorry I can't be of more help. (Unless you want to leave your 1.2 with me for a few weeks and don't mind it being pulled to bits )

 

[Anonymous]

Get in on the diagnostics matey. It could be this it could be that........

It could be anything so get to the authorised dealers and hand over your hard earned cash.

 

[Deckchair]

Re: Re: Loss of Idle?

I have a 99 1.2 80Sx and had exactly that problem at 6k miles. It's the idle valve (also called idle actuator) playing up. No cure but replacement I'm afraid. Costs about £60 but dead easy to replace, just 3 screws and sits right on top the engine for easy access. It's a really common fault on the 80SX but once the job's done you're fine. Mine now has 70K miles

 

[Tom]

Re: Re: Re: Loss of Idle?

Can you post a pic of it please.

 

[simon (Bradford)]

fao Tom

had the same probs with mine, took the thingy with the three star screws blathered it in carb cleaner, then wd40 and it's worked fine for over a week now, Fiat wouldn't recommend it but it worked for mine!!

Tom I've got a pic phone, if it's any good to you I'll takes pics of the thing I took off and send as a piccie message????

 

[Colin morrison]

Re: loss of idle

Found the problem, it was the idle valve actuator (top of engine right side of inlet manifold) or the connector underneath, if you move the bundle of cables , the idle speed dies or retuns to normal.