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Offline christomk3gti

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Re: vac pipe? i think
« Reply #10 on: 02 February 2012, 17:42 »
well this afternoon i changed my spark plugs.... no change.

I decided to pull of the oil breather pipe that fit on the air intake just beside the throttle body.... It looked abit gunked up..
I had abit of carb cleaner so i started the car (idle was lumpy).... revved the car using the lever and sprayed loads of carb cleaner in the hole beside the throttle body/air intake.... car spluttered abit then started to idle fine..... more carb cleaner again.... put the breather pipe back on and the idle was perfect....

Went for a spin and have now a perfect idle and no cutting out issues anymore   :smiley:

Gunna strip down the throttle body and inlet manifold and give it a good clean along with the breather pipes at the weekend. then this should solve it in the long term.

Cheers guyz
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Re: vac pipe? i think
« Reply #11 on: 02 February 2012, 17:42 »
as for that vac pipe, i took it off and cleaned it out and put it back on, it didnt help the idle/cutting out issue but least i know its clean now.

Black 8v GTI............. Whats a Waffle Valve?