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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 09:16 AM
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Default idling surging problem

Hi again,got the intermittent idling,usualy just after starting up,it will rise to 1500,drop to 500,up and down a few times and will stall,not sure if it cures the problem but usually goes away after ive had to restart the engine a few times.frustrating thing it dosent do it all the time so hard for garage to see what is going on.
Ive took the throttle bodies of and cleaned them,cleaned the Maff sensor,ran a couple of tanks of the better petrol threw her.
Ive read all the posts and not sure if its different but when i start the car up and the idling is jumping there is a A STRONG SMELL OF PETROL,havent read about smelling petrol from other posts.
I have changed the air filter to the K/N one,last week put the standard one back in to see if that was the problem,was running smoother for a week with no idling and thought it was sorted but came back,so put the K/N filter back in as it sounds better.
I have just put a bottle of redex and filled up the tank,going from London to Portsmouth today and back tomorrow,im thinking could be the fuel injectors causing the problem so hopefully a good run out with the redex in it will give them a good clean out[i know some peeps say not to use it]
any thoughts and ideas greatly appreciated
cheers.
Any help ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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