Posted By: Anonymous
Anyone have STARTREK device who can help - 23/09/2012 20:45
Hi, does anyone in London area or outside London ie Essex, Hetfordshire, Suffolk etc have the the Barnicle Startrek device, as Barnicle replied to one of my posts regarding my erractic idling and ghave useful advice. I have been having ongoing problems with my erractic bloody idling and have tried several solutions like" changing the ICV, changed the Lamba sensor, cleaned the throttle body, and only just yesterday put on new Throttle posistion sensor, and as you have guessed the idling goes to 1500 revs when stationary" however this doesn't happen all the time. I have spent quite a fair bit off money doing up my 20v turbo and there gets to a point where I cant keep replacing parts!!
BARNACLE has mentioned the following: ***The 20v throttle sensor is measured by the ECU when the ignition is turned on, and further measurements taken relative to that position. You can check with a widget, with a commercial reader, or with startrek that the value from the throttle is between *about* 9 at idle and *about* 90 wide open - note that the ECU does not provide throttle values unless the engine is running, which is a pain.
If the idle throttle value is about 9 and stable when on tickover, your problem is not there; best guess is an air leak. *********
So my last resort is to see if the idle valve opens to 9 at idle as mentioned above. Hopefully someone has the STARTREK software so I can hook it up to my coupe to see if any problems are detected. Hope someone can help as this is my last resort as I have tried lots of things and spent quite abit of money to try and find out what is wrong. If it only happened once in a while I wouldnt be to worried, however when your driving back from Heathrow ion slow moving traffic and it starts to idle erractic, it aint much fun
BARNACLE has mentioned the following: ***The 20v throttle sensor is measured by the ECU when the ignition is turned on, and further measurements taken relative to that position. You can check with a widget, with a commercial reader, or with startrek that the value from the throttle is between *about* 9 at idle and *about* 90 wide open - note that the ECU does not provide throttle values unless the engine is running, which is a pain.
If the idle throttle value is about 9 and stable when on tickover, your problem is not there; best guess is an air leak. *********
So my last resort is to see if the idle valve opens to 9 at idle as mentioned above. Hopefully someone has the STARTREK software so I can hook it up to my coupe to see if any problems are detected. Hope someone can help as this is my last resort as I have tried lots of things and spent quite abit of money to try and find out what is wrong. If it only happened once in a while I wouldnt be to worried, however when your driving back from Heathrow ion slow moving traffic and it starts to idle erractic, it aint much fun