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Ideal idle?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:30 pm
by lucylou
What should my idle speed be roughly? It's looking like five hundred odd which is too slow yeh? It's almost stalling on take off unless I give it plenty of beans. Why would this happen, does the timing and stuff drift over time? Thanks
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:53 pm
by Ammo
Idle should be about 550 I believe
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:58 pm
by lucylou
Oh ok thanks Ammo
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:15 pm
by Ammo
I haven't got a 5g manual, but I'm sure it's 550-600 ish
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:17 pm
by A1ex
at last MOT mine was 767rpm
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:28 pm
by vanzep
I thought that 700rpm to 900rpm is the recommended warm idle for 4th gens and most likely for 5th gens as well.
If it feels like its near stalling at 500-550rpm then i would adjust it to 700rpm and see how that feels.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:36 pm
by Ammo
I could be wrong, not got a bible to check
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:39 pm
by Donald
Mine always looks like it's sitting around 550-600, but last MOT said 788.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:16 pm
by Vtecmec
According to the sticker on the bonnet, my 4th gen is 750 +/- 50.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:26 pm
by BMCC
5th Gen manual says 700 rpm +/- 50 rpm. It is always difficult to read the the counter though. Sometimes mine looks like it is 550 rpm other times it looks like it is about 750 rpm. What happens if you give the car a small amount of throttle. Does the RPM settle to a higher rate or does it go all the way to about 0 then bounce back up?