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Hi Everyone I have just received my Polo back from my partner whilst she has maintained the car with servicing etc it is in need of a little TLC before I sadly sell it on One of the things I noticed is there is a huge amount of play in the throttle pedal, insofar you can pull it up by about 30 degre...

Hi Everyone I have just received my Polo back from my partner whilst she has maintained the car with servicing etc it is in need of a little TLC before I sadly sell it on One of the things I noticed is there is a huge amount of play in the throttle pedal, insofar you can pull it up by about 30 degre...

OK thanks for that, just feels a bit down on pep but is an auto..........[/quote]

Hi Gents

Thank you for the replies, I've just stripped the throttle body out and cleaned it all as I had bit of strange behaviour on the throttle response etc.

And yep it's all complicated servo thingies!!

So I guess there's no way I can get rid of that "slack" then......???

Hi Ladies and Gents I have a 2000 Model 1.4 Polo and just wondered if you guys know if it has an electronic throttle control, ie no cable, I've looked and pretty sure there's no cable. The reason I ask is that I can put my foot underneath the throttle pedal and raise it a good 2 inches is this norma...