Hi all,

For a while now my Pulsar (1998, N15) has been having an annoying issue with the accelerator. When I push the clutch in or go into neutral the revs stay high for a little while before dropping to the idle level. In addition, the revs often start dropping and then increase just slightly before settling down. I was wondering if it was perhaps due to the vacuum valve or something in the emission control system. Just for further information. The accelerator cable with the car sitting at rest is quite slack. This might be normal as I can't actually use the adjusting nut to tighten it up. There is not enough travel on it.

And lastly, I was wondering if it is difficult to change the gasket on the oil pan. There is a small leak which I would like to fix unless it is one of those problems that is better left alone for fear of opening up a can of worms.

Thanks in advance.