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Twingo Renaultsport 133
Slightly low idle rpm - Is my cam timing out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Adam2k90" data-source="post: 185124" data-attributes="member: 10315"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I've just got a Twingo RS last week and generally it's been fine - but after seeing a post on a facebook group I had a query I was hoping someone may be able to help me with. </p><p></p><p>My car idles at 700rpm once warm (if cold it will initially idle at around 1-1.2k rpm for a little bit, then drop to 800 for a short while. After this it will then rest at 700rpm after about 40 to 60 seconds of warming up). As far as I can tell the car drives fine (and it doesn't have a lumpy idle etc), so I'm hoping there is nothing to worry about. However, a post popped up on the facebook owners group where another member had their cambelt and waterpump changed and there idle had dropped to around 600-750rpm. The common consensus was that his timing was slightly out. My cars cambelt etc was changed in December 2020. As this was before I purchased it, I have no benchmark to compare what it's idle was before, but reading online it seems it should be 800/850 rpm?</p><p></p><p>So, I have two questions:</p><p></p><p>1) Should I be worried about my cars behaviour at idle (i.e. is my cam timing slightly out)?</p><p>2) If my timing is slightly out, is this something I can leave for the time being without damaging my engine (obviously there may be a slight loss of power I assume)?</p><p></p><p>The car seems to drive fine and feels fairly strong, so I'm hoping I won't have to shell out for a new cambelt etc!</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adam2k90, post: 185124, member: 10315"] Hi all, I've just got a Twingo RS last week and generally it's been fine - but after seeing a post on a facebook group I had a query I was hoping someone may be able to help me with. My car idles at 700rpm once warm (if cold it will initially idle at around 1-1.2k rpm for a little bit, then drop to 800 for a short while. After this it will then rest at 700rpm after about 40 to 60 seconds of warming up). As far as I can tell the car drives fine (and it doesn't have a lumpy idle etc), so I'm hoping there is nothing to worry about. However, a post popped up on the facebook owners group where another member had their cambelt and waterpump changed and there idle had dropped to around 600-750rpm. The common consensus was that his timing was slightly out. My cars cambelt etc was changed in December 2020. As this was before I purchased it, I have no benchmark to compare what it's idle was before, but reading online it seems it should be 800/850 rpm? So, I have two questions: 1) Should I be worried about my cars behaviour at idle (i.e. is my cam timing slightly out)? 2) If my timing is slightly out, is this something I can leave for the time being without damaging my engine (obviously there may be a slight loss of power I assume)? The car seems to drive fine and feels fairly strong, so I'm hoping I won't have to shell out for a new cambelt etc! Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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