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26 Mar 2025 21:20 #259926 by Darthblaker7474
Cleaned out the idle control valve and the intake as well, as I've been having issues with poor acceleration, low idle and random stalling.
I couldn't get the screws off the valve itself and they were starting to strip, so I just sprayed a shed load of carb cleaner in the hole.

Seems to idle much better now, and it actually shows idle speed on the dashboard!

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27 Mar 2025 08:12 #259933 by Rogerzilla
Changed the oil.  I left it to drain overnight and also put some spare clean oil down it (there's always some hanging around from 5 litre bottles) after the old stuff had mostly come out.  Makes a big difference to how clean the new oil starts off and stays.

On the gen3 you can just dump an entire 4 litre bottle into it and the level will be spot on after it's circulated and filled the filter (I use the slightly bigger 1.6 filters).  No need to mess around with checking the dipstick.  The Jimny is pretty unfussy about oil and  I used Castrol Edge 5W30 this time.  It never uses any between services.

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