It seems that my air con hasn't had any gas in the air con for the last couple of years (was never that much of a problem in Scotland). But since getting it recharged last week I seem to have a terrible idle when its running. I'm sure I've read somewhere that the cars will idle a little higher than normal with it on but mine seems to hunt between 500 and 1300 at times. It will settle back to normal pretty much as soon as you turn the air con off.
Before getting the air con charged it had been idling high when first pulling away in the morning but a blip of the throttle would always sort it out. At times in stop start traffic it might start idling high but with the air con on it now seems to be noticeably worse and jerky on and off the throttle.
My question is would I be right in thinking that the most likely cause of this is going to be vacumn hoses/ Idle control valve? I think I've got most of the hoses back home, will need to check next week, but I'm planning on changing them all over and giving the idle control valve a good clean.
Is there anything else worth doing while the intake and everything is removed or am I barking up the wrong tree with regards to my dodgy idle?
Before getting the air con charged it had been idling high when first pulling away in the morning but a blip of the throttle would always sort it out. At times in stop start traffic it might start idling high but with the air con on it now seems to be noticeably worse and jerky on and off the throttle.
My question is would I be right in thinking that the most likely cause of this is going to be vacumn hoses/ Idle control valve? I think I've got most of the hoses back home, will need to check next week, but I'm planning on changing them all over and giving the idle control valve a good clean.
Is there anything else worth doing while the intake and everything is removed or am I barking up the wrong tree with regards to my dodgy idle?
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