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Old 30 December 2006, 01:55 PM
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Mates facelift classic has very uneven idling, goes up and down, quite ryhthmic really. ECU showed dodgy knock sensor which he replaced but still idling funny.
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Old 30 December 2006, 01:59 PM
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have you tried cleaning throttle butterfly?
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Old 30 December 2006, 02:01 PM
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Will get him to give it a bash, thanks.
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DV fitted?
Old 30 December 2006, 04:53 PM
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clean idle control valve with carb cleaner (on top of inlet manifold)
Old 30 December 2006, 04:57 PM
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Forge DV fitted....
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MAF sensor.
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With regard to the DV... If you get no joy with the other sugestions try fitting an OE Dump valve. DV may be faulty, its pretty common..
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