Hi folks my f seems to be idling some low for some reason as i'm pulling up or just turned the engine on. Any ideas or what i could do to fix it

There have been lots of posts on this subject recently, try doing a search.

Mine was doing that when i first bought her and all i did was to tighten up the cable going from the accelerater to the throttle body, couple of nuts in the engine bay where cable pulls on round thing :P

Could be a number of things from plugs to filters etc etc. When was it last serviced?

Mine does exactly that and has cut off a couple of time.. Pee's me off whilst parking as the power steering cuts out as well

The wife had an Astra that did this when on full lock while parking, Vauxhall replaced the EGR (exhaust gas reciruculation) valve and all was well. But I'd go with checking the excelorator cable for excess slack first.

Yeah it does it when i brake hard coming up to a junction it just cuts out?? Its just had an mot but i'm getting somebody to look at the idling thingy at the start of the week cos its cut out a 3 times in the last week i've had it.

[quote="boothy20"]Yeah it does it when i brake hard coming up to a junction it just cuts out?? Its just had an mot but i'm getting somebody to look at the idling thingy at the start of the week cos its cut out a 3 times in the last week i've had it. [/quote]

I get that about once every 2 months - weird

Especially happens when going down a steep hill and braking hard


Think its defo the idling

Could be your Base Idle or idle up is set to low, do a search

What should the idle be on the V6,,, mines a little low

800 +-50rpm with the TEN & GND terminals bridged

mine idles usually between 750 and 800