Re: [ST] RS in stop & go traffic

["Chris Harwood" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aron

I agree that your idle is too fast.  Mine is around 1k and it never
stalls unless I really mess up.

I do currently have a problem with fast tickover which may be due to my
cleaning the idle air bypass valve but I will get it serviced to cure
it.

It is true that going to neutral can alter the tickover considerably as
if the switch is fed to the ECU to change the mapping.

Chris Harwood
00 RS

>>> nate@xxxxxxxxxx 30/06/2005 18:36:10 >>>
In 4+ years of ownership I've never had a problem with my RS idle, 
whether hot, cold, stuck in traffic, etc.  I can count the number of 
times it's stalled unexpectedly on one hand (knocks on wood).  In fact

the only issue that I ever had with my RS's performance was when it had

the stock can and stock tune.  It had a bit of lean surge while
cruising 
on the highway, this went away after a carbon can and retune, I can't
say 
for sure which of those two cured it as they happened at the same
time.

Also, your idle sounds very high and odd.  My RS idles comfortably
right 
around 1k, whether in gear or not.  I can't see why it would make a 
difference if it was in neutral.

I'm tempted to say that it's a problem that your dealer has not
correctly 
diagnosed yet, unfortunately.  If you haven't already try searching the

archives on the web and see what you can dig up, it's been discussed 
recently.

HTH,

Nate
00SprintRS


aronnmail-list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> It's not a new development, but I've never been very
> happy with the performance of my '00 RS at low speeds
> with a hot engine.  It's better with the latest tune
> (stock pipe, tune downloaded by the dealer a couple of
> weeks ago) than it has been, but still not great.
> 
> In particular, the engine is prone to occasional
> stalling.  I have to constantly watch it to keep it
> going.  With the latest tune, the idle remains at
> around 2k RPM when it's in 1st gear (drops to about 1k
> when in neutral), which helps matters, but it still
> sometimes drops down and stalls.
> 
> Is this a common issue with the older FI?  If so, I
> can live with it...I don't spend much time in slow
> traffic...but if not, maybe I should address it.
> 
> TIA,
> Aron
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