Mk2 Ibiza track project

[Rocky Rocastle]

looks a nice car anyway, to good for using and abusing it for a track car lol

good luck with the project mate

 

[R953 VSE]

If it had been looked after better by the previous owners it would be a great car but unfortunately its a bit scabby in places due to some rust and damaged paint. Interior was very clean mind you.

 

[rich.h44]

nice project you got there!hope all goes well!yo come to cadwell park in november?

 

[R953 VSE]

nice project you got there!hope all goes well!yo come to cadwell park in november?

Thanks, very much doubt we'll be at cadwell park, its a touch too far.

 

[rich.h44]

arhh didnt look were you are from sorry about that,well is a to track and if you fancey have look at the link in my siggy

 

[R953 VSE]

Would have been great to go to a track with fellow members but we're kind of out on our own up this neck of the woods i think!

 

[R953 VSE]

Right, sorry for the temporary death of this thread but i've been workin awkward hours and never got round to working on the car.

Decided to begin work again this week but with the car sitting around not being used it seems to have developed a problem! It ran fine before but now it won't idle, it just keeps dying. I can use the throttle to stop it from stalling and when out on the road it seems fine other than cutting out when i reach a junction. Does anyone have any past experiance with this and have any advice as to what it could be? I had a 306 xsi a while ago and a similar thing happened with it but i never found out why.

PS the new omp steering wheel is such an improvement over the standard one!

 

[roly]

Check the idle control valve, had probs with these in the past

 

[R953 VSE]

Cheers roly will check that out. its not that that costs £170 new is it!?

Also will clean out the throttle body, seems to have been a few folk that have had success by doing that.

 

[R953 VSE]

Had the car in pieces today with all the airbox and piping off and took off the throttle body and gave everything a good clean. Also found the idle control valve so removed that and gave it a clean aswell! once everything was back together i turned the key and...... no change. still wouldn't idle. bugger.

So i gave up and parked the car round the front and came inside for supper. Did a bit more research and looked up a few places for a new valve, also had another look on here. Managed to find a small piece of advice i hadn't tried yet and thought i might aswell give it a try. The advice, courtesy of roly, was...

there's another trick if the valve has siezed, tap it with a hammer and it can free it up inside

So back round with the car and off with the valve again and into the shed. gave it a few stress relieving 'taps' with a hammer and re-fitted it once more. Turned the key and away it went, back to its former glory.

Thanks mate, you saved me £170

 

[crezz]

he is a wealth of knowledge like many others on here

 

[roly]

I meant to post on here sooner about the hammer trick

 

[R953 VSE]

Just goes to show what a good search can reveal.