The diagnostics results came through with no problems.
The mechanic decided to clean out the inside of the throttle body (which I had tried to do myself, apparently unsuccessfully) as the butterfly was sticking and not letting enough air through at idle. They cleaned right down deep inside. When they started it up they gave it alot of revving and the engine started popping. It sounded pretty nasty but apparently it was all of the unburnt particulates going through the injector system.
I think the cause of this might be the fact I have an open air Piper X induction kit on the Saxo. It was already on when I bought the car and hopefully when I get paid next I will buy a standard airbox from a scrappy.
It seems to be almost perfect now but they ended up charging me over twice as much I expected without asking me for them to do the work. Hehe, oh well still cheaper than buying and fitting a whole new stepper motor.
Thanks for all your help guys.
Freddie |