Vauxhall Astra high rev count

Car: Vauxhall Astra
Variant: 1.8 sri
Model Year: 2002
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
After turning my car on and staying in neutral the rev count goes anywhere from 1000 to 3000. when driving the car the rev stays very low and engine sounds like it is going to cut out.
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 (13 years ago)
Try cleaning throttle body .
Posted Dec 16, 2010 (13 years ago)
clean out the idle control valve with some carb cleaner also the exhaust gas recirculation valve too as both of these control the throttle speeds if not sure of these items then seek advise from the garage who will happily point out these items for you and they are easy fixes if you do remove the egrv then you will require a new gasket for this area
Posted Dec 17, 2010 (13 years ago)
Take " thomkas_cars " advice re. ICV if it has one .See here with regard to that year .


2002 Astra 1.8 sri revving at idle (no ICV in this model)

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Hello everybody, is there any solution to this revving problem at idle . Going through the forums today I found some info regarding cleaning the Idle control valve and throttle body. So I cleaned the the throttle body, but couldnt clean the ICV because this vehicle doesn't have one. The throttle is controlled electronically.
Posted Dec 17, 2010 (13 years ago)

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