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Old 21-11-2014, 08:42 PM
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hi hope any one can help me I own a 2001 bugeye i have not used the car for about 3 weeks as been crazy at work etc well went out today and the battery was flat got friend to help with jump leads started straight up let the car warm up 10 mins then took a drive to garage to fill up fuel was not low on fuel but put 20 pound of fresh fuel in car and now its idleing high at 2000 rpm but it boosts fine and drives spot on but when coming to a stop it splutters a little then when stopped sits a 2000 rpm the car was driving spot on before parked up ive drove car for about 20 minutes to see if it will adjust but nothing any help or info would be great thanks
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Old 21-11-2014, 11:08 PM
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any CEL?
I would suspect sticky IACV but i would think it would throw an CEL too
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Old 22-11-2014, 04:45 PM
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yes lights on and now idles at 1500 rpm think I need to get this plugged into computer and get this looked at any one know how much im looking at to get someone just to plug in and check my codes ?
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Old 22-11-2014, 10:21 PM
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Machine mart sell a code reader for around £30, i brought one a few months ago it also resets the eml
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