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[capb]

I have a 55 Avensis 2.2 D4D 6 speed. When starting up car running at 1100 rpm would like to get this down to 800 but unless air temperature outside over 11 degrees this won't happen. On a cold morning the car takes up to 10 miles for the revs to drop back to 800 when idling. Any ideas as to why this is happening please?

Thanks

you need to turn the temp. down on your heater until the engine temp.warms up.If you do this slowly and listen carefully, you will hear a click and the revs will drop.

[SF695]

I have a 55 Avensis 2.2 D4D 6 speed. When starting up car running at 1100 rpm would like to get this down to 800 but unless air temperature outside over 11 degrees this won't happen. On a cold morning the car takes up to 10 miles for the revs to drop back to 800 when idling. Any ideas as to why this is happening please?

Thanks

you need to turn the temp. down on your heater until the engine temp.warms up.If you do this slowly and listen carefully, you will hear a click and the revs will drop.

Agree. Also, when idle'ing it will take a lot longar to warm up, than it would driving.

[RickyO]

I have a 55 Avensis 2.2 D4D 6 speed. When starting up car running at 1100 rpm would like to get this down to 800 but unless air temperature outside over 11 degrees this won't happen. On a cold morning the car takes up to 10 miles for the revs to drop back to 800 when idling. Any ideas as to why this is happening please?

Thanks

you need to turn the temp. down on your heater until the engine temp.warms up.If you do this slowly and listen carefully, you will hear a click and the revs will drop.

Agree. Also, when idle'ing it will take a lot longar to warm up, than it would driving.

thanks you 2 youre both dead right

[dacarinaeman]

I have a 55 Avensis 2.2 D4D 6 speed. When starting up car running at 1100 rpm would like to get this down to 800 but unless air temperature outside over 11 degrees this won't happen. On a cold morning the car takes up to 10 miles for the revs to drop back to 800 when idling. Any ideas as to why this is happening please?

Thanks

you need to turn the temp. down on your heater until the engine temp.warms up.If you do this slowly and listen carefully, you will hear a click and the revs will drop.

Agree. Also, when idle'ing it will take a lot longar to warm up, than it would driving.

thanks you 2 youre both dead right

Hi all,

I have the same problem (well hopefully it is not a problem) with my 58 reg 2.0 D4D. I have only been driving it since the 11th of March and there is only 1400 miles on the clock. With regard to the idling issue, basically, all along it has been idling at 800 rpm from either a hot or cold start and has been doing so up until yesterday (27th March), since then from a cold start it idles at 800 rpm for about 5 seconds and then creeps up to 1000 rpm and stays at this until the temp gauge is up to its normal operating position of half way which, like one of the previous posters mentioned takes approx 10 miles of driving, which I am in agreement with. The only difference I can put this down to is the change in weather as up until the 27th the weather was rather mild at about 12 to 14 degrees however since the 27th the outside temp is about 4 to 7 degrees. The one problem I have with this theory though, is that I think the idle speed should gradually decrease down to 800 rpm as the engine temp gradually increases (as what would happen in my old petrol Carina E)but in saying that the increments on the rpm clock are at 200 rpm intervals.

To be honest I the only gripe that I have with this issue that it is a pain in the butt when driving in heavy traffic about town as, as soon as the clutch is engaged the car surges forward and will try to maintain 1000 rpm even if I move up the gears quickly. It is possible to drive at 30 mph in 4th or 5th gear with no foot on the accelerator pedal, in other words it is like cruise control.

My plan of action at the moment is to wait and see what happens when the weather gets milder to see if the issue persists or not and also monitor the fuel consumption in the meantime (which does not seem to be adversely affected so far) however, if it causes an increase in fuel consumption I will go to my friendly Toyota dealer. I wonder how he will receive me and any warranty issues if they arise seeing as I purchased the car in the UK but that is for another discussion and touch wood I hope I wont have such issues.

Anyway, enough of my waffle, hope what I have written helps or at least puts ye thinking and I will keep ye posted.

[SF695]

How about going downhill in gear. Does the idle decrease to obtain engine brake'ing?

I had an old Camry some years ago. 1. generation, facelift, 2S-FE engine. In warm weather the cold engine idle would be little more than warm engine idle, if more at all. Not until the weather got cold, the cold engine idle would really engage. Other cars i had, like the Carina II, 3S-FE engine and the 1. gen. Avensis, also 3S-FE engine would start up with 1500-2000 rpm on a normal day and little less on a warm day, then decreasing graduately. I only assumed that the age of the Camry was the reason for the low cold idle.

Anyway, the point with all that, was that weather does indeed influence the idle of a cold engine.

And if it's decreasing when going down hill in gear, it should be working as it's supposed to

[Aamir2892]

My car does the same rev to about 1100. After a while of engine warming up it goes down to 800rpm. When it was very cold like January were we used to get ice mornings the car used to do the same and if you turn the fan on it will rev to 1300rpm and you can hear the turbo whistle. If the fan was turned off it would go back to normal rev.