Hi,

My wifes polo keeps stalling as you declutch and are about to
stop, its ok otherwise.
I wonder what could be causing this and how to remedy it.

any help much appreciated

thanks,

block formulated on Monday :
Diesel/petrol?

What year, which model?

If recent and petrol, check the idle control valve.

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In article <ML-dnVIMIdR4g37YRVnyvAA (AT) bt (DOT) com>, nnnnnn5 (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com says...
Has the engine management light been on?

My wife's Polo (1.2 65bhp 3cyl, 52 plate) did exactly the same thing. It was
also drinking petrol.

It turned out the coolant temperature sensor was duff.

Pete.

"Pete Smith" <pete_news (AT) lethe (DOT) org.uk> wrote


yes its petrol and no lights illuminate and this happens regardless
of how long the engines been running,

thanks

On Feb 26, 5:54 pm, "block" <nnnn... (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote:
Hi,

I own a 98 Polo 1.0.
I had the same problem at around 80,000 miles. It began with erattic
idling, and eventually it was cutting out everytime I stopped at
junctions, or even just when changing gear.
I took it to a main dealer, he recognised the problem immediately,
said it was a sticking throttle valve, apparantly a very common
problem with Polo's. He charged 60Euros to fix it, have had no
problems since (now at 120,000 miles).

Hope this helps !

On 26 Feb, 17:54, "block" <nnnn... (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote:
For what it's worth, when this happened to my 98 Polo 1.4cl, I took
the air cleaner off and CAREFULLY cleaned the interior of the throttle
body and butterfly valve with petrol to remove the gummy deposits.
It's worked perfectly ever since.The professionals will probably say
you shouldn't do this but it worked for me

"harv" <keith.harvey (AT) ukf (DOT) net> wrote

thanks again people.
i will look into this