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Feels Slower After Service

suddste
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Hi,

jeebowhite you seem to be correct in saying that it may be the throttle body...I seem to have a sticky accelerator pedal when pressing it in the damp and ive herd that it's the throttle body, i've also herd that it could be the cause of this and my vibrating engine problem

theres a lot of free play in that pedal also

is it easy to fix the throttle body problem anyone?

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    There are a few posts here where people have had to have it replaced, but I dont know if they were DIY or Garage jobs. I think its mainly DIY, but if you are uncertain after reading a Haynes manual - get the garage to do it!

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    There are a few posts here where people have had to have it replaced, but I dont know if they were DIY or Garage jobs. I think its mainly DIY, but if you are uncertain after reading a Haynes manual - get the garage to do it!

    thanks, does anyone know how much it is to fix?

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    also the haynes manual says 3 spanners. do they mean i'm a spanner for not thinking it was this in the first place???

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    also the haynes manual says 3 spanners. do they mean i'm a spanner for not thinking it was this in the first place???

    3 spanner rating to remove and replace the throttle body? I would rate it as 2, its quite an easy job - ive done it twice in the dark..

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    3 spanner rating to remove and replace the throttle body? I would rate it as 2, its quite an easy job - ive done it twice in the dark..

    do you know if theres any other way to clean it than take it out, like fuel additives? I herd these can work...

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    Ok so it's months on from this incident and I still have no idea what it could be, it's pretty hard getting it up to 50mph on a small hill with air conditioning on

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