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Thats would be fantastic, are you free tomorrow morning, I've have a christening to go to tomorrow @ 3 pm but free anytime before that? Many many thanks for the the offer, I can PM you my phone number and post code ext ect Regards Rob

No I did'nt say it was intermittent, if it were I'd have said intermittent, I said I now got a car stuck with the same issue and it's getting air from somewhere after checking the TB and replacing the Pedal, nothing wrong with your advice though, if it ever happens to anyone else! I just need...

Tried cleaning the TB and it has made no differance, it's not stuck open; I've replaced the Pedal and again it's made no differance, got one on the cheap so it was worth testing, I have no access to a CLIP or code reader, going to have to buy one unless anyone local has one that can read the...

I did'nt crash, but it was very close, the issue is that I have a Clio 172 that now bounces off the rev limiter as soon as you start it that I need to resolve as this is currently my only car.

I was approaching a bridge and went to back off the accelerator to drop speed to negoitiate the corner appoaching the bridge and instead the rev's increased and bounced off the rev limiter, it took me a 1 second or so to realise what was happening and try and turn the engine off and break, it...

Desperatly looking for help, my car recently tried to kill me while I was pushing it a little bit, the car suddenly decieded to go to max rev's and I had to turn the key off to stop the car, accelerator was non responsive, it had not got stuck just was'nt doing anything, I've checked the TB and...

Thanks guy's, yeah it was a bit of a Hello and Help introduction, I've narrowed it down to Pedal and TB so will try and post in the Technical area.

Anyone got any idea's or should I just purchase both TB and Pedal from that auction site and chance my luck, I really am a bit stuck for idea's as I was expecting to see the TB stuck open??

Ok I've checked the TB and it's closed, it seem to open and close manually ok but when I start the engine in revs out and is not opening, turning engine off quickly it seems to try and move but doesn't of that makes sense, I've removed it completely and am going to clean it but is this now...

Thank for the reply Addicted, was thinking it had to be one or the other but as for checking, what's the best way of going about it, I've really not spent anytime under the bonnet at all, any help or images or suggestions will be greatly recieved, I think at present JD tonight is what is needed...

Thanks Brian, I'm lucky to be here, large JD and Coke is helping at present.......

I've owned a 172 02 plated Clio sport now for 2 months, great little car and love it, although have had a few intermitant issues, engine management light coming on and going off, car hesitating now and again, usually shortly after starting it when it been parked up for a while, today it tried to...