Wacked idle! please help!

hey guys, car idle is running bad. it idles just below normal (700 or so) but when the brake is pressed or the steering is turning it drops right down and almost stalls. the exhaust note is raspy, and bouncy like a wrx.. the engine is vibrating slightly but more than usual. didn't have any problems, until last night. i checked engine oil level which was fine but then it was empty in the span of 3hrs :confused:

i was thinking i may have warped my head as i drove for around 10mins with low/no oil, but hopefully not.. slight problem with start up so maybe simple sparkies? no problems with the car revving out.

someone please help! i will be getting it around to a mech. but in the mean time whats wrong with the car!

spark plug, distributor or maybe spark plus..

check everything is fit nicely

try doing this initally
(throttle body clean)
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35488
then if still going then do these 2
(IACV clean)
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4693
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51798

Is your engine cool now? Check the oil level again.

cleaning the throttle body usually fixes a low idle problem, but yours sounds more severe

:eek:

so your loosing alot of oil right?

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Originally Posted by bevis90

spark plug, distributor or maybe spark plus..

check everything is fit nicely

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i think this is the problem

sounds like its misfiring. id say firstly check ur sparkplugs, ur leads , and dizzy as some has mentioned

oil level is ok atm, will keep checking to see if it goes missing again.

yea arthur, list alot of oil at some stage.. will be cleaning the throttle body once i found out that i can rev the car out. haven't been revving it as im a bit worried that head might be damaged.

is there black shit in ur coolant ?? or when you open up the oil cap is there brown sludge there ??

with the idle.. might b a problem with your alternator.. but id sort out the oil issue first.. sounds more important

coolant is normal, but the overflow tank is dirty as.

will be going to mech. tomorow to get the sparkies checked

Overflow bottle looks like it has oil mixed in with the coolant?

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Overflow bottle looks like it has oil mixed in with the coolant?

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never thought of that. will check.

how much are used dizziez???
from a wreckers??
and are they easy to install???

You can get refurbished dizzies, around $500 or more I think, or you could find a cheaper 2nd hand one at the wreckers, but it too may be faulty or on its way out.

But since the dizzy has separate components, you could take the dizzy to a mech and get them to diagnose the exact fault (or do it yourself using a multimeter), and quote you on the new part, be it the cap, ignitor, or coil. You may save hundreds of $$$ if you just replace the faulty part, rather than the whole thing (a new genuine dizzy cap is only about $45 for instance).


They are pretty easy to install, u just need to get the timings right and bolt it on basically.

silly as it may sound the problem was the spark plug leads. changed to top gun leads, problems all fixed! thanks for the help guys.

most mechz are dodgy tho yeh??