VW Polo Throttle control unit????????

[DamienCBR]

Mate in the office, his Polo broke down the other night and it was recovered by Ontime. Further comments written on the recovery sheet are:
"Possible throttle control unit".

Fault given: non start

It is a P Reg polo 1.4.

What is a throttle control unit, or am i being thick?

Cheers
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[Coupe_Daz]

Its the throttle body (butterfly valve) controlled by your right foot?

try cleaning it out with carb cleaner first as new ones are over 250 brand new

[DamienCBR]

Cheers Daz, figured out it was the Throttle body after the muppet gave me the correct info.

called a local parts place, new and used £25 + Vat

Is there any resetting that would need doing or just unbolt old one and put on the new?


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[Coupe_Daz]

there are some basic settings that "should" be carried out using vw diag equipment/vag-com when fitting a new one, but you can just bolt the new one on and it will learn its settings, but ideally it should be done properly

[DamienCBR]

I found one at £25+vat and a specialist german car (VW) garage to fit it for £40.

Job done

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