Guest CJG122 Posted July 12, 2006 Compared to the other erratic idle problems I have read through in this forum I seem to be well off. I however have been on a quest to smooth out the reving at idle which tends to go between 1300 and can ocassionally drop to 800 before cutting out. I have not yet attempted this but have found a suggestion to assist in smoothing ide reving - cleaning the air intake with carb cleaner. Will this have an effect ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonD6B 0 Posted July 12, 2006 This certainly won't do any harm. Take the throttle body off and give it a good clean, especially around the butterfly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alastairh 47 Posted July 12, 2006 Yes it will. I've done this to my 1.9 8v. i took the inlet off, all breather hoses and cleaned them. Remember to take off electrical componatnts, but the difference is alot better, runs better mpg, better idle and goes a little bit better aswell. Alastair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob_the_Sparky 9 Posted July 12, 2006 It will make a difference if it is not currently clean. Probably most important is to clean the AFM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inferno 1 Posted July 12, 2006 the idle screw in the throttle body was the culprit when my gti was stalling and idling low, take it right out when u clean the TB ,and give it a good clean in petrol or similar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
