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high idle after long drive

hi guys

got the 1.9 gti engineering lump in my car, with tsr cam, 4 branch etc.

when driving long distances (bout 20 miles) or after a good rally session the revs just push themselves right up to 2-2.5k… i have left the car to cool right down then turned it back on in say an hour and its still that, i have to turn the idle timing down for it to go back to 1.4k

does anyone know why this would be doing this?

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Had this prob on my brothers GTi, the idle screw in the back of the throttle body came loose and kept working its own way out, used a bit of pTFE tape to hold it in.
Haven't had this problem since.  :D

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so would changing the throttle body (which im gonna do anyway) to a mk2 16v bigger one have a screw on the back too?

:)

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Will have a look when I get home from work, as I have both sat at home in my garage, will check to see if its a mod that will work too.
Have only heard of people changing Mk1 throttle bodies for the Audi 2.2 5 cylinder ones.

Mk1 Golf GTI 83 Y reg in Lhasa green
Rear disc conversion
Lowered 20mm
14" Campaign Pirrelli P Slots
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