Pajero Gen 3 3.8L bad idle
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:24 am
My car was recently serviced at 180 000km and when I got it back, it started getting a bad idle. It would start easy and after 20 seconds or so suddenly drop 400rpms then increase by 1000rpms and then settle at 800rpms. This would continue every 10 to 20 seconds and sometimes stall in the process. So I sent it to Bosch to find out whats wrongs and they found the manifold being loose and egr screws missing. They fixed it, but my car still has an irregular idle and smokes a lot. The smoke might be because of the cold now, but it really struggles to idle when the engine is still cold. Can someone please advise me how I can fix this ad I cannot afford to send it back to these guys over and over.