Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle on 
this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a manual 
but have had no luck.

Cheers
~Brian~

"~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message 
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> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle on 
> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a 
> manual but have had no luck.
>
> Cheers
> ~Brian~
>


buy the manual for Citroen ax diesel, the engine is the same, I never had 
much luck adjusting my wife's metro diesel by the book, and ended up doing 
it by ear and feel, but I could hunt out the book for the instructions if 
you don't want to buy one.

mrcheerful

> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle on 
> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a 
> manual but have had no luck.


I haven't a clue how to do it, but it's the same engine as used in the 
Citroen AX and Peugeot 106 (the ones before they became 1.5 diesels), so a 
manual for one of those cars, or one specific to that engine may help.

Peter

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>> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle 
>> on this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a 
>> manual but have had no luck.
>
> I haven't a clue how to do it, but it's the same engine as used in the 
> Citroen AX and Peugeot 106 (the ones before they became 1.5 diesels), so a 
> manual for one of those cars, or one specific to that engine may help.
>
>

Thanks a lot guys will try what you have suggested.

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> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle on
> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a
manual
> but have had no luck.
>
> Cheers
> ~Brian~
>
> There is supposed to be a thermostatically controlled unit that pulls a

fast idle adjuster on the pump, maybe that needs tightening.
steve the grease

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>
> "~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message
> news:ohCre.50327$G8.10491@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle 
>> on
>> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a
> manual
>> but have had no luck.
>>
>> Cheers
>> ~Brian~
>>
>> There is supposed to be a thermostatically controlled unit that pulls a
> fast idle adjuster on the pump, maybe that needs tightening.
>
>

There is ( I Think), but I was talking about the basic adjustment on the 
linkage and cable, the thermo unit should then do the rest provided its 
working properly.

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>
> "R L Driver" <steve(dot)tee@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:h9Fre.32202$8m5.25340@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
> >
> > "~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message
> > news:ohCre.50327$G8.10491@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast idle
> >> on
> >> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a
> > manual
> >> but have had no luck.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> ~Brian~
> >>
> >> There is supposed to be a thermostatically controlled unit that pulls a
> > fast idle adjuster on the pump, maybe that needs tightening.
> >
> >
> There is ( I Think), but I was talking about the basic adjustment on the
> linkage and cable, the thermo unit should then do the rest provided its
> working properly.
>
> Adjust it initially so that when the engine is warm there is no tension on

the cable, when its cold it should idle faster, if its too fast then loosen
the cable some more, but for sure there should be some loose in the cable
when warm . Hope it helps, little or no useful info on this in Haynes.
steve the grease

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>
> "~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "R L Driver" <steve(dot)tee@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:h9Fre.32202$8m5.25340@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>> >
>> > "~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ohCre.50327$G8.10491@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> >> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast 
>> >> idle
>> >> on
>> >> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a
>> > manual
>> >> but have had no luck.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >> ~Brian~
>> >>
>> >> There is supposed to be a thermostatically controlled unit that pulls 
>> >> a
>> > fast idle adjuster on the pump, maybe that needs tightening.
>> >
>> >
>> There is ( I Think), but I was talking about the basic adjustment on the
>> linkage and cable, the thermo unit should then do the rest provided its
>> working properly.
>>
>> Adjust it initially so that when the engine is warm there is no tension 
>> on
> the cable, when its cold it should idle faster, if its too fast then 
> loosen
> the cable some more, but for sure there should be some loose in the cable
> when warm . Hope it helps, little or no useful info on this in Haynes.
> steve the grease
>
>

Thanks Steve, that is the info I have been looking for. I wasnt sure if the 
slack on the cable should be when warm or cold.

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>
> "~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "R L Driver" <steve(dot)tee@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:h9Fre.32202$8m5.25340@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>> >
>> > "~Brian~" <~brian~@totallyinvalid.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ohCre.50327$G8.10491@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> >> Can anyone give me a rundown on how to adjust the cold engine fast 
>> >> idle
>> >> on
>> >> this car??  Would be much appreciated. I have tried to get hold of a
>> > manual
>> >> but have had no luck.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >> ~Brian~
>> >>
>> >> There is supposed to be a thermostatically controlled unit that pulls 
>> >> a
>> > fast idle adjuster on the pump, maybe that needs tightening.
>> >
>> >
>> There is ( I Think), but I was talking about the basic adjustment on the
>> linkage and cable, the thermo unit should then do the rest provided its
>> working properly.
>>
>> Adjust it initially so that when the engine is warm there is no tension 
>> on
> the cable, when its cold it should idle faster, if its too fast then 
> loosen
> the cable some more, but for sure there should be some loose in the cable
> when warm . Hope it helps, little or no useful info on this in Haynes.
> steve the grease
>
>Steve

Adjusted as you suggested and it now runs a treat, once again thanks.