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Started the other day and seems a bit strange....
when i start the car it idles fine...but once its been running for a few minutes it starts idling strangely...going from 1000 to 1500 then dropping right down to 500 for a few seconds, almost stalling, back upto 1000 and repeating a few moments later. I thought it must have been the idle control motor thingy on the side of the throttle body, first sprayed it with dw40 and went for a run, all seemed fine. left it idling for a min or 2, no problems. stopped engine, restarted to the same problem :cry: . So i took it right off and cleaned the spring thoroughly, put back together and no success except its only dropping to 700 and rising to around 1200 rpm.
Just wondering if the motor itself can be opened up to clean the inside, where the motor itself is housed. Also if i am definately right in my assumption that this is the actual cause.
It also seems to affect the driving of my clio too, without moving my foot on the gas it loses power and picks up again just as when idling but without physically dropping in revs.
Sorry for the essay
but hopefully someone can help me out....a new idle control motor i've been uoted at £70, and thats not even from Renault.
when i start the car it idles fine...but once its been running for a few minutes it starts idling strangely...going from 1000 to 1500 then dropping right down to 500 for a few seconds, almost stalling, back upto 1000 and repeating a few moments later. I thought it must have been the idle control motor thingy on the side of the throttle body, first sprayed it with dw40 and went for a run, all seemed fine. left it idling for a min or 2, no problems. stopped engine, restarted to the same problem :cry: . So i took it right off and cleaned the spring thoroughly, put back together and no success except its only dropping to 700 and rising to around 1200 rpm.
Just wondering if the motor itself can be opened up to clean the inside, where the motor itself is housed. Also if i am definately right in my assumption that this is the actual cause.
It also seems to affect the driving of my clio too, without moving my foot on the gas it loses power and picks up again just as when idling but without physically dropping in revs.
Sorry for the essay
but hopefully someone can help me out....a new idle control motor i've been uoted at £70, and thats not even from Renault.
