Piccaso Idle Control valve

Ive told my mate I would change the idle control valve on his picasso, its a 1.6 8v petrol 03 reg
Can anyone tell me the location of it on the engine and roughly how much they cost?

Cheers Guys.

Try here

11th line down. Citroen Xsara Picasso, 1.8, Year 2000 on. Seems cheap enough as well.

Cheers Phil, anyone know where it lives?

Usually around the throttle body somewhere. I think there is a plastic cover on top of the engine on a picasso. Should be 4 plastic clips hold it on. It will be under there somewhere I would say ;-)

The covere is only on the diesels like mine :wink:

Ive sussed it out, near the air intake close to the manifold I think,

just going to take it off and clean it first

You havent been under a picasso's bonnet then :lol:

Try this : http://www.worldcarparts.co.uk/CarParts ... fault.aspx

Listed as a replacement for a 2000- Citroen Xsara Piccasso 1.8 - 16v

Whoops, That will teach me NOT to Read all the details in previous posts. :roll:

The above link already posted, Sorry Phil. :oops:

drift from local part factor
intermotor
Part Number 1479
Part Type Idle Control Valve

Replaces
Lucas FDB853
Marelli 230016079087
Marelli B13/00
Meat & Doria 84013
PSA 1920 6Q
PSA 1920 V7
Siemens VDO C95181

still cant find it

Found it cleaned it fixed it

Thanks Guys

No I havent its still the same after a few miles, now then when I took it off it look different to the one pictured above, they one I was looking at didnt have they piece sticking out, could the picture be the valve from a 16v? my mates is an 8v.

Could be the sticky out piece is retracted inside the housing??? Not sure if its a rotating valve or plunger type valve.

If anyone knows if the same engine is used in a peugeot I can check that or better yet do you have an engine code Ste???

I dont Phil, mate whizzed up to Huddersfield in it today.

The pin from the butterfly valve into the throttle housing went into the Idle sensor and slotted into a plastic groove in the sensor itself rather than what the picture of that sensor seems to work the opposite way round with the post going towards the butterfly in the throttle housing.

I dont know its the 8 valve petrol engine not the 16valve.

It ran OK for a while after a clean, I cleaned the whole throttle housing while I was there and to be honest it wasnt that bad, I must be used to diesels :lol:

Petrols definitely dont coke up as much as diesels thats for sure.

What exactly are the symptoms Ste??? It is possible that the breather/bypass section for the ICV is blocked/split in some way.

Its over revving at idle but intermittently, narrowed it down to either the idle valve or MAF, possibly the Lamba but dont think its that, going through the cheapest options first, no EML light on either.

Otherwise it drives great, it did need the accelerator cable tightening as it was really loose but not affected the other symptoms.