ardandy 0 Posted June 5, 2006 Just picked the car up from PSI and it's soooo much better now. Among other things (ABS etc) he'd replaced the temp sensor, sorted out the idle control valve???? Cleaned the throttle body and breather pipes and also the sparks. Wasn't bad before but very smooth now. One thing I'd like to know though, before it idled at around 750-800rpm, which I thought was normal. Now it sits (when up to temp) at 250-200 rpm and idles beautifully! Are most VR's this low? Ah, worth every penny! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted June 5, 2006 No!! 680rpm is what they're supposed to idle at when hot and 1050 when cold. I can't believe you're finding 200-250rpm to be smooth! It's on the verge of cutting out chap! Cheers for the positive feedback of PSI though, always good to hear of decent tuners' work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ardandy 0 Posted June 5, 2006 Seriously, idling smooothly and rev counter reads 300rpm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60SC_Stoney 0 Posted June 5, 2006 surely that would be REALLY lumpy? and on the verge of cutting out ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ardandy 0 Posted June 5, 2006 ok, think I'm a bit of a dunce here, just took a pic and think I've read it wrong? Can you tell what I did yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted June 5, 2006 I'd say your rev counter is off then chap because 250rpm is lumpy as hell. EDIT - just seen your pic, yep, that is about 650 rpm. Stick the MFA in diag mode and use the digital rpm counter to confirm. I think you hold in the reset button, turn the ignition on, turn it off, turn it on again and then you can scroll through a number of readouts. One of them is the real time digital rpm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamukcorrado 0 Posted June 5, 2006 mine idles very smoothly at unbelivably low RPM, i put it down to an inaccuracy on the needle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted June 5, 2006 No you're reading that wrong, that is showing 650 ish rpm. The thick line below the needle is 500 rpm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 24v 0 Posted June 5, 2006 Glad its going ok mate, bet youre missing the mk3 though :lol: Told you PSI were good ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ardandy 0 Posted June 6, 2006 The beast is being broken when the tax is up! Onto the MK3 GTI 16v! Still blue smoking but only on overrun occasionally, not really a prob, but due to the fact that it's not 100% perfect (even though it feels it) I guess the only thing to do is get an engine conversion! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
