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yeah, not run it for long after starting to save causing more problems.

I've been back to the garage today. They think the throttle body is ok but would be happy to put a new one on to try it for £230! Only other thing is getting the ECU itself tested, which no-one appears to be able to do. ANyone got any more ideas as to what the problem can be before I shell...

Seems like it might be the ECU, but keep being told that it can't be checked for various reasons. Is this nonsense or do I really have to buy and reprogram a new one? Could it be anything else?

I'm in Leicester. Think there's a place on Frog Island that does ECU testing, just got to get the damn thing down there without ploughing it into a lamp post. But is that really such a bad thing? :evil:

Pray, listen, to my tale of woe: 3 weeks ago last saturday I had been out in my '02 plate 172 Clio Sport. Done around an hours driving and parked up and went shopping. No problems. Went back to the car an hour later and once starting the car up it immediately over-revved to about 3k revs...