Hello everyone

k9plums

k9plums

hi everyone, my names Glyn, I'v just bought an Almera Gti, so thought I'd better sign up to an OC forum.
now I bought the car last wednesday and since then it tries to stall as soon as I put my foot on the clutch, but as long as I'm doing less than 20mph it ticks over fine, can anyone please help me.
heres a few of pics of mine as it is now
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Welcome to the AOC.

That air filter might be causing the stall. Try going back to standard and seeing if that cures it. Just heard this problem before and its always the air filter, especially low quality ones.

Also the front and rear splitters look different. Are they original gti ones that have been modified?
 
I'v only had the car a week so dont have the original filter but the cars been runing fine, and started doing it all of a sudden without any warning, and the front splitters not standard in fact one side is held on with a self tapper.
1 thing someone else suggested was it could be the idle control valve, but how could I find out if thats the case and if so how would I go about sorting it?
 
cheers for the welcome guys, havent really got many plans for it at the moment, just want t get it running properly first
 
As simcard said, its possibly the air filter, or an intake related issue.

Check all the intake and vaccum pipes for splits and leaks.
 
well all the pipes I can see seem to be fitting nice and tight and I cant see any splits in any of them. would the cold are feed to the air filter be affecting it?
 
well I moved the cold air feed so it was below the air filter instead of pointing straight into it, and now the car runs beautifully again, so thankyou very much guys for pointing me in the right direction, I never would have thought of it without your advice.
 
Cold air feed shouldn't do that... me thinks your problem is hiding somewhere now.

I run mine without a CAF and it runs fine.

But welcome to the club.
 
well I think it was because it was pretty much right infront of the mouth of the filter so if anything was restricting the air flow, but I dont care if that was the problem or not now, its running a dream again. I forgot how nice it was to give it a bit of beans.
 
Good news plums, Almeraje - ive heard this happen before aswel, i actually hadn't thought about it until plum said that was the cause, you're supposed to leave some space between the filter and the cold feed.

I don't know whats going on technically, i.e what the engine thinks is happening due to the increased cold air but its obviously not good.
 
well thats cars for you.
Well now it is working its definitely the best car I'v ever owned, or even driven and even though I'v only ben driving 2 years I'v had quite a few.
now the only thing I'm thinking of doing to it, is what my dad suggested and thats to get some nitrous on there. not a lot just a 50shot or something like that.
 
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