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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby
Its official name is an anti-dieseling valve, also called anti-run-on solenoid, idle valve, idle solenoid and a few others. Usually if it's playing up it will stop it idling completely and also prevent starting, not let it start and idle roughly. Usually they're one of those things that either work or not, no half measures.
Usually if the valve plays up, driving above idle is ok but it won't idle and won't start without throttle.
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Thank you, car starts from cold (with choke of course, and that gives fast idle). I do have somewhere one of these valves with the tip cut off. I believe that this was a mod done when the valve fails.