Greetings,
I have a Mazda Protege ES 1.8L Automatic Transmission. I have about 108,000 miles on it.
The engine is not idling like I would expect it to be. It runs at about 1000RPM at first when cold and then tries to idle about 800. However it varies from 400-800.... However it will not sit constant for more than 2-5 seconds. At normal driving speeds the engine runs fine.
Two things effect the idle.
1. When I turn on the A/C it will jump from 500rpm up to 800 for a few mins. Then it comes back down to ~400-600rpm eventually.
2. If I turn the steering wheel engaging the power steering the engine around ~500rpm drops almost to ~400 and almost stalls.
Any Ideas. Their is no Check Engine Light.
Best Regards,
Chris
I have a Mazda Protege ES 1.8L Automatic Transmission. I have about 108,000 miles on it.
The engine is not idling like I would expect it to be. It runs at about 1000RPM at first when cold and then tries to idle about 800. However it varies from 400-800.... However it will not sit constant for more than 2-5 seconds. At normal driving speeds the engine runs fine.
Two things effect the idle.
1. When I turn on the A/C it will jump from 500rpm up to 800 for a few mins. Then it comes back down to ~400-600rpm eventually.
2. If I turn the steering wheel engaging the power steering the engine around ~500rpm drops almost to ~400 and almost stalls.
Any Ideas. Their is no Check Engine Light.
Best Regards,
Chris