vw polo stalling

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Wed 12 Apr 2006 14:01
vw polo stalling - rip
My friends car, a vw polo petrol (circa 1996) keeps on stalling when the clutch is pressed in, for e.g. at traffic lights.

There was a hose near the fuel regulator which was loose, we pushed it back into its hole and the stalling stopped for a while. But its now back.

Sorry i don?t know the engine size, but i think its around 1.4 or 1.6

Can anyone give any ideas please where to start looking?
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Wed 12 Apr 2006 14:20
vw polo stalling - George Porge
Check the throttle body for oil contamination, clean with carb cleaner if its dirty. Good luck
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Wed 12 Apr 2006 14:26
vw polo stalling - rip
thanks

this is the engine with the circular air filter housing, will i need to take this off to access the throttle body?
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Wed 12 Apr 2006 14:50
vw polo stalling - mark25
Make sure the zero throttle position switch is making correctly.
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Wed 12 Apr 2006 16:39
vw polo stalling - horatio
What hose was it? was it connected to the regulator or something else, if else what was it?

Hoses usually push onto something not into some hole so you need to clarify that too.
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Mon 24 Apr 2006 14:45
vw polo stalling - rip
Thanks for the info

Just let you know, we cleaned out the throttle valve and surrounding area with some wd40 where there was some oil, apparently the idle is now higher and it?s not stalled since!
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