Ford Focus Ghia 2001 1.6 - Could this be the ICV

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Fri 4 Apr 2014 19:49
Ford Focus Ghia 2001 1.6 - Could this be the ICV - Markbrid1980

My car sometimes acts as if its hunting for revs. My odb tells me it goes from 700-900. Can feel it revving. Also on idle sometimes it will stay on 900rpm. Its a 2001 Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia.

Does it sound like the ICV?

Cheers

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Fri 4 Apr 2014 19:57
Ford Focus Ghia 2001 1.6 - Could this be the ICV - elekie&a/c doctor

More likely to be a split breather hose to the inlet manifold.Very common on the 1.6 models.

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Fri 4 Apr 2014 23:10
Ford Focus Ghia 2001 1.6 - Could this be the ICV - unthrottled

Check the evap purge solenoid isn't cycling at idle. That can also cause a hunting idle.

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Sat 5 Apr 2014 02:01
Ford Focus Ghia 2001 1.6 - Could this be the ICV - Cyd

Give the throttle body a clean too.

And then check all the other usual suspects - ht leads, sparks, pcv pipes, pipe to MAP sensor etc.

A method I used to use to detect air being sucked into vac pipes or gaskets was to ply propane from a soldering torch - if any got sucked in it would raise the revs.

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Sat 5 Apr 2014 11:58
Ford Focus Ghia 2001 1.6 - Could this be the ICV - Markbrid1980

I did give the ICV a quick clean as I had a spare 10 miniutes then ran it for 5 minutes.

This is the results

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Edited by Markbrid1980 on 05/04/2014 at 11:58

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