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armbhttp://www.xcweather.co.uk/ says 17-28mph at Mildenhall. I think I'll drive to work, not cycle....
When I took the Ka for its service I did mention it had been tending to stall at junctions etc. unless you tickled the throttle while changing down or in neutral. "Yes, they seem to do that" was the not terribly encouraging response. I thought it was a little better after the service, but not much. That weekend Alice drove it for the first time in some time, and complained that I might have got used to compensating for its problems, but she found it impossible. Google suggested cleaning the idle control valve and throttle body (and changing the fuel filter, as did Haynes, but the service had done that), so I did, and it seems to have been much better last week.
After cleaning the throttle body I found a sticker on it saying "Do not clean inside, special coating". Oh well, too late now. I'm fairly sure what I cleaned off was largely gunky crud, not a special coating - with luck it meant don't use abrasives and the carb cleaner was okay. Worst case I think the one from the dead engine is still in the shed.
When I took the Ka for its service I did mention it had been tending to stall at junctions etc. unless you tickled the throttle while changing down or in neutral. "Yes, they seem to do that" was the not terribly encouraging response. I thought it was a little better after the service, but not much. That weekend Alice drove it for the first time in some time, and complained that I might have got used to compensating for its problems, but she found it impossible. Google suggested cleaning the idle control valve and throttle body (and changing the fuel filter, as did Haynes, but the service had done that), so I did, and it seems to have been much better last week.
After cleaning the throttle body I found a sticker on it saying "Do not clean inside, special coating". Oh well, too late now. I'm fairly sure what I cleaned off was largely gunky crud, not a special coating - with luck it meant don't use abrasives and the carb cleaner was okay. Worst case I think the one from the dead engine is still in the shed.