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Thank you, gentlemen. It was indeed a vacuum leak - cracking between two ribs of the large rubber induction manifold between the air cleaner and the throttle body. I'm now £60 poorer, but the Dragon is happy......

Thank you again.


BOF

Thank you gentlemen. Just what I hoped for - I knew others would have had the problem. I'll try the carb cleaner spraying route before I get the tools out, though as the fault's intermittent, it may be tricky to find it.

Kiwi, it idles at around 700 rpm when it's OK, which is most of the time ...

HI there guys! Forum newbie here, but I know a bit about cars. The car is a 97 MX-3 V6 manual, and the problem is that intermittently it idles roughly, or even stalls, on a closed throttle. It runs perfectly under load at all times, though, i.e. when the throttle isn't closed. It's my wife's car, so ...