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2001 VAUXHALL ASTRA
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CARSMAD
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I have a vauxhall Astra 2001 1.6 16v sxi When I start it up in the morning it's idling very high around 3000 rpm and their is a lot of white cloudy smoke coming from the exhaust. Their was a new catcylic converter fired about 1month ago. Any ideas??
May 10, 2012 at 9:20 AM
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Possible faulty IAC (idle air control) i would first run a scan as if this is the case you should get a fault code, start here.
May 10, 2012 at 11:19 AM
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