Voltage problem???

[lazyfcker]

sorry for such a bad title, but im confused on this one...In mornings ill start up, turns over and clicks then starts up other times ill have to keep on doing it. But ill idle around 1300 next time i start car the same day it will idle around 1000 then eventually through the day ill get down to 700 at redlights etc. Now the only thing i can think that is doing this is something with the grounding? like the battery cables going bad etc. anyone else have any ideas? Thanks, Ben

[s13sr20chris]

what voltage do you get at the batt terminals? check voltage drop across the ground wire by putting one lead on the batt neg terminal and one on a chassis ground. does the idle just gradually drop as temp goes up? if so thats normal.

[lazyfcker]

ya it could be that it gets hotter because i know that my engine seems to heat up pretty fast....im trying to get that worked on

[s13sr20chris]

ah hah, well you could just be refering to cold idle and warm up idle down.

[lazyfcker]

but stilil, is it common to idle under 800?

[Nismo_Freak]

but stilil, is it common to idle under 800?

Factory idle for most 5MT's is ~750 RPM.

[lazyfcker]

my 240 is a auto at the moment