Sean's (& Ed's & Scott's) Astor GTi6

[Ed Doe]

Right.

I'm friggin annoyed with my car at the moment.

So basically, since doing my oil change the other day, I've had symptoms of a slightly iffy ICV. Only very slight, so i was thinking it may be just that I didn't put the ptfe gasket on straight and it might've been letting a bit of air in.

Anyway, on Wednesday morning the car started stalling when dipping the clutch from any rpms. Stalled like 6times on the way to work which was, needless to say, a collossal pain in the arse. Anyway, after the car sitting idling for a bit in the work carpark and me checking and wiggling the plugs on the throttle body, it seemed totally fine.

Thursday morning it started doing the hunting idle with even the slightest blip on the throttle by the time I got to work. Again, f*cking annoying.

This morning it seemed a bit better, besides a slight wandering idle. It didn't feel completely up to par though, and on the way home it also felt a bit odd. It just seemed to have a LOT of engine braking. There's a hill I normally have to brake down even in 4th, but today it was holding constant speed in 6th on just the engine.... It also seems as a result I'm having to put my foot down a bit more before the engine starts accelerating the car. It just seems in gear there's a larger 'dead spot' than usual. And it's more jerky at light throttle. Before you ask, I've DEFINITELY got the TPS plugged in, and in neutral it revs up fine with no hesitation etc. Just in gear?!

I got home and took the ICV off, took the screws out of it, sprayed a load of brake cleaner in it and all the airways in it, and then reassembled. Also took all the plugs off the tb and put them back on. It certainly idles a little better, and I'll have a good drive of it tomorrow and report back, but imo it's still not right imo...

Anyone have any ideas at all what it could be??

I'm thinking possibly one of the following;

1. Me adjusting to having the cyclones back on with different tyres etc.
2. Me with very thin soled shoes on today meaning my foot was angled further than normal
3. A gammy sensor
4. an exhaust leak (the midbox did hit the remains of a deer in the road pretty hard on Thursday evening on the way back from work??) That and the flames coming out of it a couple of weekends ago couldnt have done it much good...

Any and all help much appreciated, it's really getting me down this.