NA 1.6, revs dropping + stalling when coasting to a halt

[Gad-Westy]

This is something I noticed a few weeks ago but seems to be getting worse. When coming to a halt and dipping the clutch, the revs on my 1600 NA will drop very low but then recover to 800 rpm ish idle. Today, it stalled a few times in that scenario. Always restarts immediately and then idles correctly. I experimented a bit and found that it does not do this if I knock the car into neutral, only if I dip the clutch. But the clutch does not appear to be dragging at all. Would I be right in saying my car will have a clutch switch that the ECU takes a signal from and mine might be faulty? It would make sense given the symptoms but when I look up clutch switches for NA cars online, most seem to be listed as 96 onward fitment. My car is 93 import.

I'll take a good look under there tomorrow if I've feeling limber enough!

[Belle427]

Cant help much with years of the clutch switch sorry but its worth investigating, a visual inspection of the clutch pedal will help, assuming its on there.
Its worth giving the throttle body a clean out and having a look at all the rubber vacuum hoses on the engine too, just some basic checks.
Idle control valves can get gummed up too, i have not cleaned one on an NA though so its worth having a search online for that, normally the idle becomes more erratic with that one so i doubt its that.

[Gad-Westy]

Belle427 said:

Cant help much with years of the clutch switch sorry but its worth investigating, a visual inspection of the clutch pedal will help, assuming its on there.
Its worth giving the throttle body a clean out and having a look at all the rubber vacuum hoses on the engine too, just some basic checks.
Idle control valves can get gummed up too, i have not cleaned one on an NA though so its worth having a search online for that, normally the idle becomes more erratic with that one so i doubt its that.

Cheers. It’s worth me doing some basic checks in that area I agree. But it actually idles perfectly just not when coming to a stop. I’m going to have a poke around the pedal today. Will report back.

[Belle427]

There is a gearbox neutral switch as well on some years which is worth looking into, linked to the clutch switch circuit.

[Gad-Westy]

Fixed. It was relating to the clutch switch but the switch itself was fine. There’s a little blue buffer that acts on the switch that has more or less disintegrated on mine. Lucky I had a spare clutch pedal assembly so I swapped the buffer from that. Happy car again.

[Belle427]

Nice easy repair, like them!