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[mickey taker]

any body know if its possible to clean these ,


The Idle control Valve controls the amount of air let into the inlet manifold when on idle. The valve has a 'Pin' which moves in and out incredibly fast, meaning the engine idle can be controlled accurately.

mine is causing problems on the golf ( tick over going up and down stalling etc)
VW want £320,00 for a new one but can get a pattern part for about £60.00
just wondered if it could be saved with carb cleaner or something similar

[jayw]

Never tried, but if the problem is purely down to the needle being gummed up i see no reason why you can't just clean it. Of course, if it's a physical fault or malfunction that's a different story...

[mat_the_cat]

If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen...

I've successfully cleaned them before, but we also had a problem on the 205 where it was closed all the time - it turned out to be an ECU fault holding it closed rather than dirt making it stick. Worth a try, as it seems more common to be dirt.

[Vanny]

fill with a good dose of WD40, leave for a while, tip WD40 out, reassemble, allow remaining WD40 to burn off through engine.

[mickey taker]

thanks guys will do it tomorrow

[Philhod]

Could be worse Mickey. The later ones have the dreaded VW MAF sensor, for which they want twice as much as that.

If only everything in life worked like a volkswagen

[docchevron132]

what vanny said, although, since I know next to fuck all about VW's, what injection sytem does it run? I assume Motronic?

[mickey taker]

its the digifant set up on mine

[Vanny]

Is that like a really really small elephant?

[Philhod]

No it's one of those elephants that leaves it's fingerprints in the butter

[mickey taker]

thanks guys it worked , the idle going up and down ( from 1400 revs down to about 400 ) has now settled at a respectable 800, it still dips sometimes when you slow down for junctions etc but at least its not cutting out anymore