Mazda 626 (1997 - 1999) - '99 battery problem and lumpy tickover

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Sun 30 Dec 2007 10:55
'99 battery problem and lumpy tickover - Chirpy99
Hi I left my car at Eastmidlands Airport for 2 weeks and it wouldnt start when I returned frfom holiday. THe AA restarted it for me and told me it needed a good charge. I have charged it for about 14 hours and it fires up no problem, but it doesnt tickover at all well . its lumpy ,you can come to a junction and you need to blip the throttle to stop it cutting out. it restarts easily. Any ideas???


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Sun 30 Dec 2007 13:59
'99 battery problem and lumpy tickover - Screwloose

The ECU may have lost it's basic settings. No engine details, so I can't look it up, but if it doesn't improve with a bit of driving, then you'll have to get it to a specialist or dealer to have the idle re-adapted.
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Sun 8 Nov 2009 18:24
'99 battery problem and lumpy tickover - jonnyhotdog
check to see if there is a drain on the battery when you have turned the car off, Ive got a similar prob and after all the courtesy lights have turned themselves off there is still .37 amps leaking out to somewhere..... and i cant find where!! HELP
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