1300rpm idle in drive after ecu reset and radiator swap
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:53 pm
Not sure if this'll be the first and last post I make before lugging this car to a mechanic, then auto wreckers
A few days ago my radiator cracked driving up the driveway when going to detail and clean the car. I managed to find a replacement one that day and replaced and filled with coolant (or so I thought), though I'm not sure if I burped the air bubbles fully in this procedure as I was losing my sh*t, and forgot that the thermo doesn't open until operating temp, and just filled with coolant.... *gulps* (edit: was filled with coolant til coolant was up to bottom of nozzle so I could start the car for 30 sec, then refilled til same, did this twice)
I drove the car that evening with erratic as hell idles. Getting home that evening to realize why. Luckily I didn't get any overheating or dash lights come up, and when I got home to refill coolant in the proper procedure the following morning, it only took in like 1/2 L to 1L more coolant.... making me think that there must have still been quite a bit in the block or something still when I installed the new radiator.
Though now the car is idling at 1,2-1,300 in drive, and 3000rpm in park after driving around for 30 mins
Is this just ECU hunting still or perhaps have I broken something in that drive that night?....
Signs from my exhaust are indicating that the car is running rich, not smelling any sweet smells or anything
Just feels like the gearbox is trying to jump out of the car with every downshift, kinda displaying ISC type errors
edit; before this radiator went the idles were nice and the car was driving normally, now the car literally drives uphills with my foot off the accelerator...
Any advice here?
A few days ago my radiator cracked driving up the driveway when going to detail and clean the car. I managed to find a replacement one that day and replaced and filled with coolant (or so I thought), though I'm not sure if I burped the air bubbles fully in this procedure as I was losing my sh*t, and forgot that the thermo doesn't open until operating temp, and just filled with coolant.... *gulps* (edit: was filled with coolant til coolant was up to bottom of nozzle so I could start the car for 30 sec, then refilled til same, did this twice)
I drove the car that evening with erratic as hell idles. Getting home that evening to realize why. Luckily I didn't get any overheating or dash lights come up, and when I got home to refill coolant in the proper procedure the following morning, it only took in like 1/2 L to 1L more coolant.... making me think that there must have still been quite a bit in the block or something still when I installed the new radiator.
Though now the car is idling at 1,2-1,300 in drive, and 3000rpm in park after driving around for 30 mins
Is this just ECU hunting still or perhaps have I broken something in that drive that night?....
Signs from my exhaust are indicating that the car is running rich, not smelling any sweet smells or anything
Just feels like the gearbox is trying to jump out of the car with every downshift, kinda displaying ISC type errors
edit; before this radiator went the idles were nice and the car was driving normally, now the car literally drives uphills with my foot off the accelerator...
Any advice here?