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Old 12-04-2015, 03:42 PM
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How are you getting on with this Bob?

I was speaking with the chief mechanic at the dealership the other day and he thought that my stalling could be due to wiring being wired to the wrong sensors. He had me thinking for a while but then I realised that on my later style plugs what he said isn't possible...

...but...

...it might be for you.

Anyway it goes like this. He was saying the three pin plug for the air flow potentiometer can be swapped (by accident) with the air idle control valve (if that is also of the 3 pin variety). Now I haven't seen a 3 pin air idle control valve before (mine's 2 pin) but it got me thinking =>

Have you got a three pin air idle control valve? Have you checked the wiring from each of the plug ends to the plug that goes onto the ECU?
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