Hi,
The engine on my Ford Ka stalls when slowing to a stop at junctions. It has got progressively worse over the last few hundred miles and now it happens every time I stop. The symptoms are:
I've read quite a lot on forums and they immediately point to the Idle air control valve - I've had this off a couple of times and thoroughly cleaned and this seems to work fine. When the car is idling it's quite happy to have all the electrics on (lights, air-con, fan etc) and it will adjust accordingly.
I've ordered a new one just in case but I'm not confident this will fix - I'd sooner replace a couple of obvious things myself so if I do have to resort to a garage then I can minimise the amount of things they might try and replace at higher cost.
So far, from looking around other people have mentioned:
Many thanks
The engine on my Ford Ka stalls when slowing to a stop at junctions. It has got progressively worse over the last few hundred miles and now it happens every time I stop. The symptoms are:
- It usually happens when I'm slowing and depress the clutch
It only happens when the car has warmed up
If I blip the throttle it doesn't happen
It restarts easily with the key
It often restarts just by bringing the clutch back up (if moving fast enough to bring the engine back to life)
I've just had a new clutch but this has made no difference (it was happening before and after)
I've read quite a lot on forums and they immediately point to the Idle air control valve - I've had this off a couple of times and thoroughly cleaned and this seems to work fine. When the car is idling it's quite happy to have all the electrics on (lights, air-con, fan etc) and it will adjust accordingly.
I've ordered a new one just in case but I'm not confident this will fix - I'd sooner replace a couple of obvious things myself so if I do have to resort to a garage then I can minimise the amount of things they might try and replace at higher cost.
So far, from looking around other people have mentioned:
- Idle air control valve
Throttle position valve (hard to access)
Lambda sensor (I'm having real problems removing this - is there a specialist tool?)
Fuel filters
Oxygen sensor
clutch pedal switch
Many thanks