ISV opinions

[Kneale Brownson]

And probably a good time to remind that throttlebody cleaner is more appropriate for the ISV because it incorporates some lubricant the ISV needs to function properly.

"John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:  It's not a direct swap per the family album, however I don't imagine it 
would be a problem.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geraint Lloyd" 
To: "'Quattro'" 
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:43 AM
Subject: ISV opinions


> Guys
>
>
>
> I managed to break the 200TQA twice yesterday.
>
>
>
> Not a good day.
>
>
>
> The first was when fitting a new return hose from the little nipple on the
> rad to the expansion tank.
>
> It wasn't going on the rad easily so I figured, "well I'll just pull it 
> off
> and put a dab of grease in there".
>
> Of course I pulled the hose off and the rad nipple came with it.
>
> @rse!
>
> Anyway, some brass gas connections a fibre washer and some silicone later
> and I had a new nipple threaded into the rad.
>
> So far so good.
>
> Especially as I had to use the car to go and get the family from the 
> airport
> in the afternoon...
>
>
>
> The 2nd problem is with the Inlet Stabiliser Valve. Basically it has been 
> a
> git to start recently, so I figured that soaking the ISV in brake cleaner
> overnight would be a good way to clean it.
>
> This method has worked very well for me in the past, but not this time..
>
> At idle the car WAS revving slowly from 1k to 2k rpm then dropping back to
> 1k. it was very annoying and I got lots of confused looks at traffic 
> lights.
> It was not building and dropping revs fast enough for anyone to think that 
> I
> was trying to race them though, which was good.
>
> Anyway, I fitted a Digifant Golf 2 ISV this morning, that I had left in
> Brady's custody a few months ago and all seems well. It was plug'n'play
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> Today's question, after such a long email, is fairly simple:
>
> Can anyone think of any reason why using a Golf 2 (A2) ISV on an 89 200 
> TQA
> with the MC2 10v engine would be a stupid/fatal idea?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Geraint
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