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15th November 2006, 15:46 | #1 |
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Something I noticed today and haven't before
I was sitting with the car at idle, it was fluctuating between 500 and 800 revs going brum, brum, if you know what I mean. When I put the windscreen wipers off, the heaters off, the rear windscreen demister off and the lights off it went to 600 revs and stayed there, no more brum brum, just a steady purr. Is this normal?
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Your car should be ticking over at a visible and constant 750 RPM regardless of the electrical load. There may be a slight momentary fluctuation as the ECU works to compensate for any extra load on the engine by balancing the RPM rate.
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Yeah, it usually ticks over at 600rpm no matter what. I'll keep an eye on it.
Should have said I can smell burning in the living room but I think it's cos I've put my fire light on for the first time in about a year. |
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So there is no burning in the 75?
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The last time I had a 'brum, brum' effect from the engine was a day before the cambelt went. This was on a 400 diesel which had been 'serviced' by a dubious character, who reckoned to have replaced the belt 40K miles earlier. This and your burning smell sounds familiar. I'd have it checked NOW.
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