Weird idle issue

[padge]

been like this for ages now, this is after a 28 mile trip and the car was left for about 30 mins..

http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n180 ... 5cb95b.mp4

i'll get a video of a first cold start tommorow and get that up, it's a proper piss take on how much it smokes..

[mark_airey]

No sounds as at work but looks same as mine, just slightly worse as mine doesn't do it when warm, only when first started from cold until it warms up, I has no idea what is causing it as I have all but given up!

[Mattcheese31]

ha ha, that's not weird, that's exactly what mine does too . .

[padge]

Right, ill get a vid now from a cold start

[mark_airey]

*awaits amusement*

[padge]

http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n180 ... 02aca3.mp4

Sorry for the delay, been doing a "stage 1" pump tune..

anyway the video, it does that for about 10 minutes, even after a good few blasts on the revs it still dosent fully clear up..

[mark_airey]

Hehe, thats what mine was like when I smoked out all the FCS campers in 2010, it ain't that bad any more but yeah, will clear up after 10 mins or a quick drive and is perfectly fine to drive!

[padge]

Same here, but what causes it?

[mark_airey]

Same here, but what causes it?

Air is the only thing I think that would cause what its doing but I have sealed the filter housing and pretty much just learnt to live with it bacause I couldn't get to the bottom of it!

[Seb_Ryan]

Mine did this before, i just advanced the timing a bit and it sorted it.. would also smoke when coming down the revs when the temp got to 70c

[padge]

yeah, i can calm it down by advance, but then it sounds terrible..

[Dan!]

You got your cold start advance solenoid wired in?

[mark_airey]

My cold start is wired in and my pump is nearly as advanced as it can go! Still does it..........

[padge]

where abouts would this be dan?

[Dan!]

Bottom front of the pump......

[mark_airey]

Depends what pump he has Dan! some of them just have a blank cap where the solenoid is!

[Dan!]

Yeah but he'l be able to tell if its go a solenoid on it or not, he's not that stupid x

[padge]

Aye i have the solinoid at the bottom, any picture to show how its meant to be wired up?

[mark_airey]

Just start the car and while its missing (running like shit) run a wire from the battery "+" terminal to the solenoid and see if it helps or not, if it does I will find out which wire on the Lucas pump plugs it needs wiring to (I have pink in my head for some reason but I will check!)

[Dan!]

just needs a 12v live to it when the car is cold, I think you can connect it via the glowplug relay (NOT the glowplug rail though as that is going to be very high ampage and will probably destroy the solenoid ) or alternatively there must be another 12v live when the cars cold, termostat housing maybe somewhere?

Just to test it though, put a bit of wire from the stop solenoid to the advance solenoid and wait til the cars stone cold again, then start it up and see if makes a difference, if it does then you can look into wiring it up permanently.

[andywhy]

just needs a 12v live to it when the car is cold, I think you can connect it via the glowplug relay (NOT the glowplug rail though as that is going to be very high ampage and will probably destroy the solenoid )

The solenoid will only take the current it wants, you can't force it to take more Don't worry about connecting directly to the glow plug rail, it'll work just fine.