Mac-1990
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Hi guys and girls.
So i bought a 57 freelander 2 just before Christmas. It came with a years gold AA warranty (which isn't worth the paper it's printed on but that's another story) I Had noticed a few problems that after Christmas I planned on getting sorted. One of which was irratic idle when stopped. So it would intermittently jump up on revs like I had hit the gas or when coming to a stop revs would drop down to about 500 like still in gear and about to stall but it never did. Not even owning it for a month it wouldn't start one cold morning. The garage I bought it from had the car over two weeks to try sorting the issue. They have put a whole new turbo in (although I'm not sure where on the engine it is to check this) and they have replaced the inlet manifold at the front as swirl flaps where in a bad way. The egr valve also looks to have been replaced too as it's shinning bright! They returned it to me saying it was sorted. It unfortunately has not solved the issue. Now I've read that the throttle body could be the cause of my issue and i was surprised to find it directly under the new egr valve and it was indeed In a filthy state the sensor was covered almost entirely in soot. So I took it to pieces this afternoon and cleaned it up lovely. Confident that I had sorted my problems. After taking her out tonight to see if I had I was gutted to find it still doing it!!! Please guys any ideas what is left to be causing the problem??
Cheers oliver
So i bought a 57 freelander 2 just before Christmas. It came with a years gold AA warranty (which isn't worth the paper it's printed on but that's another story) I Had noticed a few problems that after Christmas I planned on getting sorted. One of which was irratic idle when stopped. So it would intermittently jump up on revs like I had hit the gas or when coming to a stop revs would drop down to about 500 like still in gear and about to stall but it never did. Not even owning it for a month it wouldn't start one cold morning. The garage I bought it from had the car over two weeks to try sorting the issue. They have put a whole new turbo in (although I'm not sure where on the engine it is to check this) and they have replaced the inlet manifold at the front as swirl flaps where in a bad way. The egr valve also looks to have been replaced too as it's shinning bright! They returned it to me saying it was sorted. It unfortunately has not solved the issue. Now I've read that the throttle body could be the cause of my issue and i was surprised to find it directly under the new egr valve and it was indeed In a filthy state the sensor was covered almost entirely in soot. So I took it to pieces this afternoon and cleaned it up lovely. Confident that I had sorted my problems. After taking her out tonight to see if I had I was gutted to find it still doing it!!! Please guys any ideas what is left to be causing the problem??
Cheers oliver
