car over reving

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    hi all noticed last night when i first start car up rev counter is up about 1 - 1.5 x 100 & even after car engine is fully warmed up rev counter still sits at 1000 rpm thought might be sticky throtle so lubed all joint's & cables but still the same now revs  have sterted to fluctuate when idleing ???? also thought might be choke not cutting of when warmed up , looked in " haynes" book but nothing in there about the choke ??? HELP !!! PLEASE  !!!!

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shorty Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 13-January-2004 Location: Falkirk, Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1758	Topic: car over reving Posted: 20-June-2004 at 13:25
	hi all noticed last night when i first start car up rev counter is up about 1 - 1.5 x 100 & even after car engine is fully warmed up rev counter still sits at 1000 rpm thought might be sticky throtle so lubed all joint's & cables but still the same now revs have sterted to fluctuate when idleing ???? also thought might be choke not cutting of when warmed up , looked in " haynes" book but nothing in there about the choke ??? HELP !!! PLEASE !!!!

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coupe king Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 23-November-2003 Location: Aber�bloody�deen Status: Offline Points: 2295	Posted: 20-June-2004 at 13:45
	Mine is a 320 it does it sometimes too, if you blip the throttle it brings it back down to normal, probably a dirty idle control valve (ICV), i would think.
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Pete330 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 26-November-2003 Location: Aberdeen Status: Offline Points: 8969	Posted: 20-June-2004 at 14:51
	as above i think
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	Aye.. sounds about right.
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