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Welcome to the Club Ash. How bout Lydden Hill begin of May 2017 :-)

welcome to the club :-)

^ lol. My days of working under a car in sub zero temps is over Just wondered if it is the cable holding a TB open very slightly for a second or 2, that over time that will make it never seal quite properly again

No worries bout the link- bought one. Thanks. Bout £33 inc postage- better than the £42 i was gonna pay

Thats cool. Have a link? Yes, everyone says that, but I'd like to try it, and may help the throttle issue with a new butterfly etc. Been on another spin today, and deffo much better. Doesnt stick avbove 2k revs, and when it does stick a bit it settles at 1krevs after a second or 2. My concern...

^^ Thanks. Have bought gudgers throttle body and its better, but not cured. Will get a renault accelerator cable as ive only used a eurocarparts one. Good tip about the inlet manifold, but will wait for warmer weather before i tackle that. Glad you got yours sorted. Gonna get one of my throttle...

Did you sort the problem Kitsonris? Exactly same position as you. Each clean, the throttle gets a bit better, but never cured.

have taken for a 20 minute test drive today, and decided to do a "Miss Daisy" and see how the car reacted. Made sure I had a lot of junctions to pull up and stop, and didnt go over about 2200 rpm. Loads better, but still not exactly right. Hardly any issues before the engine has warmed up...

Cleaned it. May replace.

Fitted an alternative throttle body today, and whilst a bit better, still fluctuating. Not given a real good drive yet, will do that when going to work tomorrow Fitted the 2nd hand throttle body and accelerator cable went a bit tighter too? So- maybe fit a renault accelerator cable not an...

Red, surely. Have had several colours, and red always looks best imo

Yep- up for that

So for me, having never fitted bucket seats, what do you need to fit a bucket seat? Assume you can bolt straight to the mainframe of the vehicle so seat doesnt move at all. Then you can fit to a static sub frame which will raise the seat, but not move it back and forward, then a more expensive...

Ha! Learning all the time ...

Is that what a gearbox refurb is then... £630? ^^

Funny thing is, when looking at the Throttle body when cleaning in situ, it looked completely closed. And it seemed to snap back well enough when i played with it for a whiole- doesnt mean its good to go, i know. It may well be the return spring, as however much i tried to clean it with carb...

Ah. Cambridge is Ok, its the Titanium ... does it match well ;-) Got yours started yet Karlos?

Ally bonnet? Iceberg? Tell me, where you?

I admire honesty

W Eh- your only half a nob?

Makes me chuckle everyone lightens their motors for track use... then adds a passenger.

Couple days ago, when it was revving round 2k revs, touched the plastic wheel thingy, and revs dropped back down. Thing is, i didnt see wheel move .....

^ Sounds bout the same as mine. Will follow your explanation to the letter on Saturday, and will report back. Thanks.

Took the ICV and pipe off again, (Checked pipe was airtight) checked that the greeny blue sealing washer is there, it was. Added a little extra padding and replaced, make sure the bolts were tight enough. Disconnected battery for 5 mins, then turned ignition on and off 10 times to reset the ICV...

I might well do, but it just gauls me that you replace these parts and later find out it wasnt them in the first place Might be the seal, might have to improvise my own seal, may have to get a new Idle valve, but also it could be something totally different. I'd take a stab that there is air...

As you can just about see here on the photo i took before i cleaned, the seal is there. Looks pretty grim tho, any idea how easy to get a new one? where from?

Ooooo. I do remember seeing something like that. But will check again

Thanks. Having tried cleaning the spring and the butterfly without removing, will remove it to clean over weekend. Tried several times to clean the return spring in situ, but it will be easier to get at when removed Just waiting for the gasket to arrive

Dont think i saw a green O ring TBH, no. Spose it might have pinged off. (Should have thought of an airtight seal) Didnt know about the reset either, altho vaguely rember reading something. somewhen. Will try that Just ordered some O rings, Will give all this a go. As usual, many thanks, et...

Quite right. A must do. :-)