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Old 15-03-2005, 09:04 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Raz316
idle control valve?
Thats it thanks raz316

Originally Posted by Eazieb
25,000 eek
I had the same problem on my 306 1.8 16v - it would appear to have been the idle control valve sticking - unfortunatley mine appeared to be part of the complete throttle casing but a hefty squirt of cleaner appeared to pacify it somewhat...... in the end I gave it back to the finance company though as the G.Box was on its way out.... bloomin french cars
The bloke i called out used WD40 on the "idle control valve" to stop it from sticking, that didnt work but the actual circuitry was not working anyway so it wasnt sending a command to the idle control valve, so it needed a replacement.

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