v6 icv

[blue_peg_16v]

anyone know were the idle control valve is on a 99 2.5 vectra v6 cheers

[Adam]

At a guess it'll be on the side of the throttle body or near to it

[blue_peg_16v]

only thing i can see there is egr valve and tps sensor also what the feck is the valve for mounted to the rad fan? im getting lost now lol

problem may be im lookong for something like an xe and thats whats on the omega v6 is vectra different

[Adam]

If its anything like a 2.0 eco it'll be a long metal cylinder thing bolted/near to the throttle body. Its bypassing the throttle plate somehow so you should be able spot it, if its not bolted to the tb it will have air hoses going to and from it like on a xe

[blue_peg_16v]

thats what i thought but just looked on autovaux and its a plastic thing with 1 outlet and it looks to be in the middle of the centre plenium on the vectra still no idea what the valve near the rad is though if anyone can help as i broke it changing the engine and need to replace it but dont know what im asking for and dont want to go dealers as i dont want to sell a lung to buy a part lol

[corsa1.4sport]

go on a vectra forum?

[blue_peg_16v]

i have but i usualy get a quicker more helpful response on here posted on vec forum this morning and no reply, post tonight on here and adam is trying to help point proven plus i know a few on here run v6 as everyday motors so may know

[corsa1.4sport]

hmm, fair enough, i would'a thought the cable would go through tb, then come out other side onto an ICV

[blue_peg_16v]

from what i can see from the part on auto vaux and looking at the engine it dosent work like an xe one at all has nothing to do with the throttle body so i have no idea how that works

[corsa1.4sport]

well i know a 1L ecotec engine goes

pedal-TB-ICV

[blue_peg_16v]

ive just took a pick of my spare plenium will post in a sec and you can see what you think dosent look right to me

[blue_peg_16v]

part pic on auto vaux
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/AS90512528_p31.jpg
and the only thing like it is in the middle of the plenium at the rear but dosent link to tb from what i can see
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/Photo0018.jpg

[corsa1.4sport]

you have a bit missing i think, looking at this

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1996/v6mansengine001mt3.jpg

[Adam]

Blue_peg-Id put money on that being the icv.
Its got a plug and looks like it will be feeding air into the plenum after the throttlebody

[blue_peg_16v]

the icv is the one in the middle if i modify the manifold to accept an xe icv same as on omega v6 do people think this will still work need that style of icv for my lpg conversion other wise ther is no way of getting fuel to the engine on idle my plan is remove the orig icv tap the hole and put a bit of pipe in the hole so i can attach pipes to the older style icv, anyone know anyreason this wont work cheers