idle control solenoid help

[Belly93]

i was looking over y car the other day and i found that some one has put a ball bearing in the vacuum pipe from the idle controle solenoid to the carb does anyone now why this would have been done?

its a 1992 1.0l k10

 

[frank]

sounds like an idle control valve delete method to me adam, does it have the 2 solenoids on the carb ? (anti diesel and idle-up)

 

[Belly93]

there 2 vac pipe side by side the one thats blocked and another one, and i know its used as a blanking method we do it at work, any idea why it might hve been done frank?

 

[frank]

2 separate electric valves ? and how does it run with the ball bearing removed mate ?

 

[Belly93]

not tried i might try it, ill get some pipe from work tomorrow

 

[MicrAde]

Its not the one that goes to the underside of the filter housing is it belly??

 

[Belly93]

ill go get a pic

 

[Belly93]

the one i have my finger on is the one with the blanked pipe

 

[MicrAde]

Oh right, other side Dunno why that one would be blocked off, sorry mate

 

[Belly93]

no bother

 

[MicrAde]

Looking at Haynes manual it is a vacuum break diaphragm that acts on the choke plate to give better control on starting. How is yours at starting?

 

[frank]

clear as mud adam the one below your finger is the anti dieseling valve eh

 

[Belly93]

not bad it sometimes starts then dies but i read in the owners hand bookk that if it does that to press the throttle pedal once then release and start it and i find it starts every time if i do that

 

[Belly93]

clear as mud adam the one below your finger is the anti dieseling valve eh

im guna ask, whats an anti dieseling valve for lol?

 

[frank]

not bad it sometimes starts then dies but i read in the owners hand bookk that if it does that to press the throttle pedal once then release and start it and i find it starts every time if i do that

thats the autochoke mech eh

 

[MicrAde]

im guna ask, whats an anti dieseling valve for lol?

Thinks it stops the engine 'running on' when you turn off. I'll check in manual shortly

 

[frank]

im guna ask, whats an anti dieseling valve for lol?

to stop it "dieseling" (running on)
edit, what uncle ade said ^

 

[MicrAde]

not bad it sometimes starts then dies but i read in the owners hand bookk that if it does that to press the throttle pedal once then release and start it and i find it starts every time if i do that

As frank says, you have to press the throttle pedal to 'set' the autochoke prior to starting. It will rev quite high at first, after a few seconds blip the throttle and the revs will drop

 

[Belly93]

thats the autochoke mech eh

ah i see ,

Thinks it stops the engine 'running on' when you turn off. I'll check in manual shortly

i do have a manual i was given it with the car just not looked through it yet

 

[Belly93]

cheers guys

 

[MicrAde]

ah i see ,
i do have a manual i was given it with the car just not looked through it yet

Ha ha, I ALWAYS have a good read of manual. I personally dont have one for the K11 but I do have my nephews copy on 'long term loan'

 

[Belly93]

i love long term loan lol

 

[MicrAde]

Its not like my nephew even needs it....he comes to me for his repairs/mods anyway!!

 

[Belly93]

so you essentially have 2 projects on the go lol

 

[MicrAde]

so you essentially have 2 projects on the go lol

Well, it appears I'm useful sometimes.............

 

[Belly93]

the joys lol