The humidity in a garage can be significantly higher than outside, leading to condensation problems with the electrics. The advice to only put a dry car in a garage is well worth heading - it also has benefits in reducing corrosion.
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Xileno P your right, I've just finished a MK II with this problem but I have a MKIII here as well. Come on Sony reveal the engine size and injection system and lets move on before we leave you with the problem. Regards Peter
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My apologies. It's an N reg 1996 model, 1800cc ADZ engine and single-point Bosch Monotronic fuel injection.
So is it just down to humidity?
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That depends hugely on the siting of the garage. Is the garage attached to the house and accessible via an adjoining door, or is the garage detached?
If it is the former then the humidity will be lower (over the winter months) than outside, primarily because the temperature is higher. The overall moisture content of the air may be higher, but the relative humidity is lower.
At the moment I put my wet car into the garage and the humidity actually goes down due to the radiating heat from the (switched off) engine!
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Remove and clean temp sender unit contacts. Then remove, inspect and clean the connections to the throttle body and the idle control motor. Ensure the connectors are refitted fully and try again tomorrow. This sounds more like a throttle position trigger than the temp sensor and might sustect the idle control motor which kicks the throttle open at start up is sticking. If you peel back the bellows cover you can spray some WD40 in there and wipe off the dirt eplace the bellows boot and try that. No not turn the engine on with any of the connectors disconnected. Regards Peter
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You sure seem to know what you're talking about! Many thanks for that, but due to not being mechanicaly minded, it is almost impossible for me to tackle that job myself. Any easier way of explaining this? I read in another thread you had a mk3 so could you send me a picture of your engine and circle what I should check?
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Send your email address to Peter@3DAssociates.co.uk.
Peter
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