Idle speed

[acexxx]

Hi there. When I got my car it wasn't idleing. It was at 700 rpm and kept cutting out. I have adjusted it now but I think its to high 1200rpm when hot. Whats the cold idle speed and the hot idle speed meant to be?

[Mk1 Turbo Powered Steve]

From my limited knowledge, it should be around 1500 cold and settle down to about 900 when hot but it's been a long while since i had an NA.

[un1eash]

Cold can be anywhere upto 2.5k and hot is around 800rpm

[Tony jinxy froude]

Your best bet is to run the car to normal temp I.E eactly half way up the temp gauge, then adjust the idle, i find that 950rpm is a good place for the idle to be, Jinxy

[WeirdNeville]

Do you need a tming lamp to do this, or can it be done by tweaking the Idle Control Valve whislt using the tacho for reference?

[jimi]

The NA doesn't have a ICV. It's just air screw adjustment

[Tony jinxy froude]

Yep just use the tacho, its easy, especially if you stand on the passenger side of the car with the engine lid up & peer through the vents at the gauges in the car you should be able to see the tacho through there, easyier than walking around the car every few seconds Jinxy