monty turbo diesel fast idle

[steve smith]

guys for the last 16 to 18 months since owning my 1992 monty turbo dieselthe fast idle has not worked but today 22/03/2004 it has started to work when i cam eto leave work she startd really well and the fats idle wored then left her ou side in the road and at 22:30 i moved her round to the carpark it then worked again coul dthere be something about to go bang or has somethingjust touched that makes it work ???? any ideas should i just leave it alone while it is working or shall i try and find out while it is working???/

[MGTurbo]

My car seems to do the same, when you turn the ignition switch try depressing the gas pedal once as this seems to set it.

Gareth

[E_T_V]

Part of the starting instructions for the diesel cars is to turn the ignition on and before you attempt to start it depress the throttle pedal once fully. (This gives the fast idle solonoid chance to lock in) Then start it. Also the wire that connects the solonoid is very prone to working itself lose or breaking.

[steve smith]

i did this every time i started her and othing happened so why after the past 18months has it not worked the wire that goes to it is ok as i replaced it from he diesel engine i removed from my countryman estate when the rest rotted out from round it

[E_T_V]

Dodgy temperature sensor or wiring maybe? have you disturbed something around that area?

[steve smith]

no not really i took al the sensors out of the donor car and off the engine and placed them on my daily use monty as they where all new ones ( i got the countryman cheap for parts only it had just had a service as well which was good so i used it for a month and then the mot and tx ran out oso i used it for parts. so i think every thing should be ok ...