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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by richm
Si,
Idle speed control valves on them are notorious for getting full of crap and sticky, closely followed by throttle position sensor, and possibly lambda (exhaust gas) sensor - not forgetting the associated wiring... All will have a direct effect on the idle behaviour, and as stated above, unless they are operating well outside spec, or have obvious fault, then it's unlikely a fault will be logged anyway. Is the Check Engine light on in the dash?
nope there is no engine check light on and I was told that mine did not have an idle speed control valve??? but Iam not sure

The engine hunts and it is more obvious from the exhaust on idle is phuts but its quite random....

car drives but seems under powered...

thanks for you help...
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