will not idle

[jamie gsi16v]

1600 16v has suddenly decided it does not wana idle and just stalls everywhere i dip the clutch? what could this be?

[Adam]

Idle Control Valve maybe?

[Aragorn]

icv sticking or if the management light is on then possibly road speed sender or other fault

[jamie gsi16v]

management light is on but i thort this could be because i have no egr valve plugged in? whats the road speed sensor and wheres the throttle control valve? cheers j

[Aragorn]

road speed sender is attached to the top of the gearbox and sends the vehicle speed to the ecu

if u dont have one u can get one from a nova 1.2i

read out the fault codes and u may get an idea as to whats wrong

driving around with the management light on is silly so get the EGR valve reattached (electrically, it doesnt need to be physically attached to the engine)

[jamie gsi16v]

i have no speedo or anything plugged in at the moment could this be why? i am going to be putting digital clocks in so will this solve the problem? why is it bad not having the egr valve plugged in, its quiet a big unit to position sumwhere?

[justnovas]

You have not killed it yet??????
must not have it on the road......

[Aragorn]

the EGR valve is about half the size of a can of juice?

unless ur on about secondary air injection which has a big pump thing and is plumbed into the exhaust manifold

[jamie gsi16v]

ha ha paul you are funny, it is still on the road, il kill it sooner or later the way i drive...... just build another, anyway ive done the clocks now and it idles but the engine management light is still on, ive evan plugged the egr valve back in? ideas

[justnovas]

Plug it in and seeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Aragorn]

read the fault codes then and see what the problem is