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I though that it might be useful (for someone one day maybe?) if I was to put some information up regarding resistance measurements taken from the Bosch throttle body that I picked up from a salvage yard yesterday and some taken from the suspect aftermarket throttle body that was fitted onto my...

I’m afraid that this is going to turn into a cautionary tale regarding cheap aftermarket replacement throttle bodies. As the weather got colder last week my problem with the low revs whilst the engine was cold got progressively worse. By Saturday morning (nice and icy) my Micra was cutting...

Thanks for the link R-REG-SR but it's not much use to me. Looks like the issue there was that the revs were being kept high over the entire temperature range due to a sticking waxstat and that removing the waxstat resolved the problem. Mine has the Bosch throttle body - so no waxstat to...

Umm ok then, lets try 2 other questions and see if anyone can help with these. Firstly does anyone know if the following procedure works for adjusting the base idle on facelift K11’s (I’ve only seen it identified as working for 1993 – 2000 models)? 1. Start engine run at 1k rpm until...

Hello All, I recently purchased a 2001 K11 Micra. Everything appears to be OK except for low engine speed on cold idle (idle when warm is fine - with higher revs than when cold). When moving the car whilst cold the engine almost stalls each time the clutch is pressed with no throttle but the...