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Offline asboGTI

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Re: Stalls when Idling
« Reply #10 on: 13 January 2013, 19:05 »
Clean the throttle body +1
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Re: Stalls when Idling
« Reply #11 on: 13 January 2013, 19:43 »
check the breather pipes, especially the one coming out of the right hand side of the rocker cover


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Re: Stalls when Idling
« Reply #12 on: 13 January 2013, 20:09 »
Sorry to hijack but mine does the same but it don't cut out get a flat spot between 2.5k till 3k revs would a broken back box be the problem also have a slight blow in middle section?? And only getting 25mpg and would I be best to change the maf aswell

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Re: Stalls when Idling
« Reply #13 on: 14 January 2013, 09:32 »
Sorry to hijack but mine does the same but it don't cut out get a flat spot between 2.5k till 3k revs would a broken back box be the problem also have a slight blow in middle section?? And only getting 25mpg and would I be best to change the maf aswell

Sounds like a air/fuel issue to me, and with your blowing in the middle and blown backbox? That would cause wrong readings for the lambar

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