on idle the revs are going up a down and occaisonaly stalling also when you pulling up to lights etc and you take it out of gear the car stalls can anyone enlightn me plz will it get worse and if in the mean time till i get it fixd wil i be doing any damage ?? thanks

id try not to drive it if it was my car,or if you have to stay off boost....its hard to pin point a prob like that, maybe coil pack, spark plugs or a failing maf sensor.

:eek: i drove a problem ford like this 6years ago damn thing stalled every were on me,totally embarressing olso lol.. turned out i endend up putting her on diganostic machine and the mechanics pinpointed a cdi sensor they called it, controls ur throttle selection and idling.. aye i drove bout for a few months until i was bothered to get it seen to jst gave her xtra throttle at junctions until id time to get it seen to will..

mate thats sum lookin wagon! that will be me in 20 years time lol!! nice colour...

sounds like an air leak somewhere.

Any dodgy dump valves fitted ?

sounds like maf sensor.....i had a similar problem, revs constantly hunting between 800 & 1200rpm on idle, would stall on occassion:freak3:

mate if your running the 99 style maf i`ve a spare in my garage if you wanna bolt it on and see if it cures it... i forked out near £90 for one only to find out mine was perfect...

i`m in bangor and it`ll take like literally 5 mins

07732079630 if you wanna drop me a txt or call

yes Lorne mate, it sounds like the MAF, when I 1st got mine had the exact same prob and a new modern MAF later was good as new.

Ash

yes Lorne mate, it sounds like the MAF, when I 1st got mine had the exact same prob and a new modern MAF later was good as new.

Ash

M8 it could also be your lamba sensor

looks like it may be maf then cheers guys where would i get a maf for a 98 v5 sti ra thanks

I have one in stock.

cheers wills lol ustolemyname its got a hks dump valve on it if that means anything ollie cheers mate but its a 98 so wont fit thanks anyway

I have one in stock.

yea spot on :notworthy wot sorta doe you talking a am away in a few days so will prob be nex week before i could get it cheers

:) yea spot on :notworthy wot sorta doe you talking a am away in a few days so will prob be nex week before i could get it cheers


£85:)

mate your inbox is full..

as said above, i`m in bangor and have one spare if you wanna try it.

contact no was posted above

erratic idle ? wasn't he is Monty Python ??

no but seriously, it might be a battery problem, my car was idling very low for a few days after the battery died last week, but once I recharged it and drove the car for a few days it sorted itself out.

Is it just me or does anybody else's battery die if the car isn't used for 4 or 5 days ? It still happens even with a new battery.

windyboy.

im just having a wild stab in the dark here, but if ur MAF is OK(after u check) would the problem be the neutral switch which lets the brain know if the car is in gear/neutral so it can adjust the valve timing?

Only wondering as mine was tempermental and had idling probs!

in response to windyboy, my car spends 6 days a week ni the garage with all the security features armed.. and its a nightmare to start as the battery is so low, but it does start :(

glad i`m not the only one

erratic idle ? wasn't he is Monty Python ??

no but seriously, it might be a battery problem, my car was idling very low for a few days after the battery died last week, but once I recharged it and drove the car for a few days it sorted itself out.

Is it just me or does anybody else's battery die if the car isn't used for 4 or 5 days ? It still happens even with a new battery.

windyboy.


my starter always sounded lazy dfrom when i bought the car last april, but it always started until around dec when it got very cold then would need charged every day or 2 to start it......i got a new one and now it starts first pop no probs and starter is far quicker...they rae 50 quid though as thyre apparantly a special battery lol......get a new one ollie ull see a big difference, apparantly trackers and immobilsers will drain them over time.

cheers wills lol ustolemyname its got a hks dump valve on it if that means anything ollie cheers mate but its a 98 so wont fit thanks anyway

i d say try taking ur dump valve off first

HKS dump valves are forever leaking....pure crap IMO.

I can't remember 100% the make off hand now - blitz I think.
However it was a VTA valve and many moons ago I put on of these on a MY00.
For a laugh only of course.

It would stall every junction I came to.
Bearly would tick over.
Recirculating valve went back on again pretty damn quick.

Shaun

heard of this before with them

oem dumpvalve ftw, not sold on aftermarket ones sorry, plus the noise would annoy me after a while:nono:

i havent done anything to the car but it seems to have stoped and everything is fine is it likely to come back?? and if it was the dumpvalve why is it only doing it now??

HKS dump valves are forever leaking....pure crap IMO.


I have had several cars come in where the HKS SQV or whatever they call them has just fallen apart inside :eek:

i had the same prob. it turned out that my hks dump valve needed adjusting by screwing the bolt at the bottom.

aw cheers must check that out thanks