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hi iam having trouble with my girlfriends t reg 1.2 16v corsa and would be extremely grateful of any help so here goes since we bought the car it dosent idle very well and every time i brake the car cuts i have been trying to find out what is causing this but im having no luck i was told that some valve may be causing this.could anyone tell me what it is and how easy or hard it would be to fix as my girlfriend cant drive the car while its cutting out lol typical woman




thanks in advance

Very well could be the idle control valve, wack some carb cleaner on it see what happens and emery cloth the contacts, if not airflow meter are you gettin the engine managment light!?

overheater987 wrote:Very well could be the idle control valve, wack some carb cleaner on it see what happens and emery cloth the contacts, if not airflow meter are you gettin the engine managment light!?

i havent noticed the engline management light comin on
could you tell me where to locate the idle control valve ?also could it have anything to do with the previous owner only really doin short journeys as someone said this is common when the cars only short journeys as i know the previous owner barely had the car above 30mph lol


thanks very much for your help

have you tried changing the feul filter? if that fails could be the air mass meter, i picked one up off ebay for about 30 quid and fit it in minutes... black tube thing just after your airbox with cable connector.
cheers, good luck

either post or email me a picture of your engine and il put a ring round it for you, as ive got the poo hi torq engine i couldnt direct you with a picture

overheater987 wrote:either post or email me a picture of your engine and il put a ring round it for you, as ive got the poo hi torq engine i couldnt direct you with a picture

ok thanks a lot i will take a pic tomorrow as the car is at my dads house i will post it after work thanks mate

joshcollins wrote:have you tried changing the feul filter? if that fails could be the air mass meter, i picked one up off ebay for about 30 quid and fit it in minutes... black tube thing just after your airbox with cable connector.
cheers, good luck

thanks a lot i am going to try all the possibilties you guys have very kindly given me tomorrow i am very gratefull you have all taken time to guide a hopeless case like me lol thanks a lot

hi iam having trouble with my girlfriends

who doesnt have trouble with there girlfriends