I have noticed 3 times now in the past month when I'm driving the car home from work the revs seem to take ages to go down, what I mean is I can be driving along in 3rd on boost then change to 4th while watching the RPM and listening to the engine I can tell its not right

I thought it was my driving at first then the second time I was suspicious the third time I knew someting was wrong................ I had my foot under the accelerator pedal pulling it up but nothing!!

Only does it when cold, I have a MY98 if that helps

Any ideas??

 

Sounds like your Idle Control Valve is Sticking .....

Dean

 

newage car?

they do this.. some worse than others..

Simon

 

We sorted it today. It was the dust seal from the end of the thottle cable that had become detatched and slid round the linkage so it was keeping the thottle slightly open

Just shows it can sometimes be the simpliest things

 

nice one.. holding a bit more than for a split second like the newage cars often do then lol

 

SORTED!!

Yeah, steve found the problem, I probably knocked it off during a cleaning session............ The car is running fine now

I have peace of mind now, was quite dangerous!