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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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Hello as above the cars idling bad, it hunts up and down, i have cleaned the idle valve but made no difference

Anyone got any ideas

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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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Maybe throttle position sensor...?
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Old May 7, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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clean the idea speed control valve out with card cleaner mate worked for me
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Old May 7, 2007 | 09:40 AM
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mine was doing the same turned out to be the rubber rings on the injectors
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Old May 8, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Mine is doing the same and sometime dies. Sprayed the whole inlet to check for leaks, nothing, cleaned the ISCV nothing.....now thinking that the ISCV is completely buggered
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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:26 PM
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My rs2k had this problem all i did to over come it was take the idle control valve off strip it down n get rid of all the carbon build up i used brake cleaner blasted it though it valve then hung it on the washing line till dry, put it back together then no probs since.
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