Problem with getting off idle with Stock Rover MEMS

[Mike (Perth, Western Australia)]

At 09:48 PM 8/4/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>I have a stock Mpi Rover mini. Getting the engine off idle is difficult,
>you give the throttle a tap and the engine hestates then comes up. If you
>tap the throttle several times you can almost get the engine to stop.
>Suggestions?

This sounds like the sort of thing that happens with a failing
accelerator pump...

>I am thinking TPS.. It is only a POT and everbody knows that pots get
>noisey....
>
>What do you think?

My car doesn't have a pot. It has an idle switch and a small PCB with
a track in a square wave pattern. When you press the throttle, the sensor
sends out pulses - about 16 from idle to WOT.

In my experience the things that fail first are connectors, not the actual
sensors...

Have you had your engine bay steam cleaned at some time ;-)

PS: You're not from Southend on Sea are you ;)


Rgds


Mike Massen

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