Hi All,

2000 miles into the vRS FL and I've noticed that when coming to a stop with the clutch in, the revs stay at around 800 (1 notch below 1000), until the car is stopped dead and the revs drop to 600 (2 notches below 1000).

Anyone know if this is normal behaviour?

Car is a 2010 CR170

Cheers

Mike

Something to do with the power steering I think - until you stop it maintains higher revs.

Something to do with the power steering I think - until you stop it maintains higher revs.

Cheers, makes sense I suppose

I'd have thought 600 rpm was a bit low for idle?

I'd have thought 600 rpm was a bit low for idle?

I may have got the numbers a bit wrong, could have been 1000 when coasting, 800 at idle. Ill take proper note tomorrow of the numbers

Normal, mine does this too

Normal, mine does this too

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I had this (but worse) on my Mk1.

Sometimes after a thrashing the revs would not drop below 1500 unless I engaged the clutch or came to a stand still.

If 1st was selected it would wizz the car along at 1500 rpm, right handy in traffic!

After a while of "normal" driving the problem went away ,,,, until the next thrashing.

Never found out what the problem was, but i doubt it was anything to do with the power steering.

I had this (but worse) on my Mk1.

Sometimes after a thrashing the revs would not drop below 1500 unless I engaged the clutch or came to a stand still.

If 1st was selected it would wizz the car along at 1500 rpm, right handy in traffic!

After a while of "normal" driving the problem went away ,,,, until the next thrashing.

Never found out what the problem was, but i doubt it was anything to do with the power steering.

That would be a fault, as opposed to normal behaviour.

My guess is that oil was getting in to the intake from the breathers and clogging up the flap on the throttle body, stopping it returning properly. Vauxhalls were a pain for this, a good clean with carb cleaner and an oil trap in the breathers sorted it out for good.

Thanks for that Andyvee, I'll forward that to the new owner.

I had this (but worse) on my Mk1.

Sometimes after a thrashing the revs would not drop below 1500 unless I engaged the clutch or came to a stand still.

If 1st was selected it would wizz the car along at 1500 rpm, right handy in traffic!

After a while of "normal" driving the problem went away ,,,, until the next thrashing.

Never found out what the problem was, but i doubt it was anything to do with the power steering.

The MK1 had conventional power steering, whereas the MK2 uses electronically controlled speed sensitive steering. The MK2 needs to keep the revs up until stationary in order to maintain the level of power assistance. My old MK2 Octy diesel was the same, so its common across the range.