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2nd April 2012, 21:09
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 265
Car(s): Vectra 2.2 Elite
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engine stuttering in idle
when im idling my engine keeps stuttering, slightly loosing revs and really wants to die on me. on the odd occasion it even revs by itself. any ideas? 
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2nd April 2012, 21:39
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: England
Posts: 3,415
Car(s): Old: Two Tone VTR
New: C2 VTS Code
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Apparently ICV..
I sprayed it the valve with carb cleaner.... it didnt do anything.
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2nd April 2012, 22:48
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#3
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Wrexham, North Wales
Posts: 307
Car(s): Gold Saxo VTS & a Yellow S2000
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Spark plugs?
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2nd April 2012, 22:56
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 265
Car(s): Vectra 2.2 Elite
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any advice is much appreciated as im not the most mechanically minded person lol..
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11th April 2012, 01:47
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L-plater
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wareham, Dorset
Posts: 30
Car(s): Mk1 saxo vtr/vts, phase1 106, phase 2 106 quiksilv
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Does it only do it when it's warm?? Mine has the same problem but it will only do it when it rains :s
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11th April 2012, 12:38
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L-plater
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 44
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change the icv
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11th April 2012, 13:27
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 265
Car(s): Vectra 2.2 Elite
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richardabarnes
Does it only do it when it's warm?? Mine has the same problem but it will only do it when it rains :s
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Mines only the first 5 - 10 minutes of driving
Quote:
Originally Posted by benaxvtr
change the icv
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Cheers mucker il give it a whirl 
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12th April 2012, 23:20
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#8
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Bingley, West Yorkshire
Posts: 190
Car(s): GTI-6,
Icelandic VTS
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Mine was the ICV. I too cleaned it out with carb cleaner but it didn't help. I changed it and it hasn't missed a beat since.
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13th April 2012, 14:36
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 265
Car(s): Vectra 2.2 Elite
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loz2212
Mine was the ICV. I too cleaned it out with carb cleaner but it didn't help. I changed it and it hasn't missed a beat since.
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thanks
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15th April 2012, 10:45
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: coalville
Posts: 711
Car(s): project flat arch
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Mine was lamda sensor
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15th April 2012, 14:19
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Northampton
Posts: 265
Car(s): Impreza p1, skyline r33gtst , saxo vts mk2
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Mine was lambda aswel
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15th April 2012, 17:48
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: leicester
Posts: 162
Car(s): Saxo furio
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mine happened when warm, twas the lambda, coolant or map sensors changed them all and it runs fine now
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