Reving' all alone!

[Lisa FTO]

Any ideas of what excessive revin' of the cars own accord might be???
Even when sitting in neutral the rev counter is going up to about 3 without hesitation, and it's getting to the point now that when I'm at the lights people think I'm revin' intentionally to be a little girl racer and challenging to a race with the noise the exhaust is making ha ha....Electrics??

[CJ]

At idle, the engine should turn over at 500rpm (slightly more if the a/c is on).
Lisa, it sounds like the stepper motor needs cleaning or replacing, see link below, cleaning is a relatively straightforward process. If the problem persists, you'lll need to buy a new stepper motor.

http://www.funky-fto.co.uk/idling.html

CJ

[CByrne]

Mine is about 600sh at idle, a lot more after a cold start. Is it only the first few minutes after startup, or all the time?

[Lisa FTO]

No, it's actually after the engine is warmed up and very obvious when I'm in lower gears or neutral (she's acting like a woman possessed...!!!). The worrying thing is that when in a low gear, the car is jolting forward slightly due to the high reving. If it makes sense, it's going faster than my acceleration I think I'll drop over to Paul Nolan next week and have him investigate.......

[CJ]

No, it's actually after the engine is warmed up and very obvious when I'm in lower gears or neutral

As I was saying Lisa, it sounds like the stepper motor is at fault, claning it is a 20 min job and can be undertaken without any technical knowledge.

CJ

[NobbyV4]

Has any one been fiddling with the TPS, IIRC someone on the uk site had this issue, might be worth popping in and having a look for it. I'll have a loo if I remember, gotta go out and wash the wheels right now (Lunch time)

[AL]

lisa is yours a manual, if so, are there any funny smells during these episodes, this happened to my brother when his clutch was sticking, very dangerous , car looses control and winds up the revs!! for no reason

[Lisa FTO]

Yep, it's a manual... i'm going to get someone to take a look at it today..yikes..