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idling like crazy [throttle body i think].... help
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:57 pm
by B19 GAV
changed my standard air filter today for a new one and cleaned out the throttle body abit..... went to start it up and its revving from 2k revs to 3k revs, and does up and down between these revs...
ive turned the car off and restarted it and its doing it again.... turned it off after about 15sec
oh... its a completely standard 1.4 16 polo mk4
been fully serviced, next one is in 4k
wats up with the bloody thing????
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:58 pm
by B19 GAV
dunno but looks like the coke around the butterfly was making a seal, once cleaned with carb cleaner it meant that there was a gap... hence the up and down revs, i believe
the old man put to tape around it just to make sure and started to idle at 1k
so.... is there a way to re-adjust the butterfly or sumthing or it is a case that its fecked!!!! cos it not fully closing, u can push it down.... and it will stay closed and the car will idle at 1k, but once u rev the car, and let it settle, the butterfly will AGAIN not sit down properly?????
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:13 pm
by Speedlaw
A VW mechanic can reset the throttle body, so it relearns its closed and open states. He uses VAG_COM to do so, which means it's just a 5 minute job. They'll charge you though.
Don't know if there's a (free) "disconnect the battery and do a little dance" routine for this problem, but who knows.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:41 pm
by andy2151
When i had my throttle body cleaned it was reving pretty high when idleing but after an hr of driving it went back to normal again.
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:30 pm
by B19 GAV
manage to fix it.. YAY
it was the temp sensor
many thanx peeps
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