Cold Start Air Regulator

[Mick]

Hey my car suddenly developed a high idle problem and i have tracked the problem down to the cold start air regulator which is the unit hidden under the plemium, i removed it and opened it up and found that the little spring had broken, it was just the end loop so i simply bent a coil of the spring to make a new loop and it fits good, my problem is that it is still in a slight open position and i dont know if its cos the spring is worn and not pulling it closed enough or if its in this position cos it was cold when i removed it from the car, maybe it will close when i out it back in the car and the engine gets warm, i dont know how to test it off the car, one thing i read says to just put 12v into it and it will close after a couple minutes and something else said it should be closed. Does anyone know much about this unit??

i am not talking bout the aac valve on the back of the plemium either

[tridentt150v]

I thought it was mechanical? ie no 12 volts?

I would think that the length is critical anyway and the only solution is a new spring?

 

[Mick]

it worked perfectly, this fixed my high idle problem and i also fixed the popping noises my car was making when accelerating by putting new spark plugs in, not the car runs like brand new

[Scott Black]

It's pretty much a metallic strip that is heated by applying 12v to it so for its first few minutes of operation its open then closes up.