The sysmptoms of my GTi were :-
Stalling when slowing, mainly at junctions. Seemed to happen when clutch was dipped at junctions/lights, though the stalling could be got round by dancing a little on the clutch/accelerator. The rev counter showed erratic idling at 800, dipping to 750.
Just bought some carb cleaner for a fiver. Took the hard pipe off on the side of the throttle box to check the condition of the butterfly and it was caked especially around the edges, where I believe the clearance is rather important.
This pic shows the edge of the butterfly after I scraped off a little gunk.
So, I cleaned it out with the carb cleaner. Sorry didn't take any piccs after clean.
After re-assembly, I took it for a test drive. I niticed that the idle was a lot more sharper at around 925 and it was stable. Took it for a drive, purposely finding as many lights and juctions as I could, and guess what. It did not stall. It has only been on a 15 minute drive but this used to be enough for it to stall umpteen times. I will let you know how it goes.
As I was cleaning it, I found the hose connected to the hard piping full of gunk. Can anyone tell me what the red circled box is in the following picture, and what the red arrowed hose does - this was full of gunk!!
I would like to perform a more thorough clean when I know what I am doing.
Hope some of this helps anyone out there with similar problems.
JULEE
