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2007 fiesta 1.25 idle problem

1157jonboy
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Hi folks, I need to pick your brains about a idle problem. The car used to start up straight away and idle without touching the throttle. Occasionally it’s not been doing it and just dies. I had a look under the bonnet and noticed the crankcase breather pipe was split under the inlet manifold. I’ve just replaced it and now the car will not  idle at all! I took the pcv valve out and cleaned it as it was dirty but still no good. I took one end of the pipe off and the car idles at 2000 rpm! Not sure what to do next, please advise if poss. Cheers

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    The engine needs more air to idle. Is there a load of gunge in the throttle body that is blocking the small amount of required air when it is closed?

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    Cheers Tom, but it seems to be ok now. I managed to nurse the throttle so that it idled on its own  then put everything on and left it idling for just over 10 mins. I read on the forum that the ECU needs to re learn the idle settings so I gave it a  try and all seems ok now.

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    Good stuff. Should run better and drink less now.

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