306 gti6 idle become irratic after 15 seconds only when engine is warm?

jimmyhackers

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to elborate on the title.

from cold my gti6 starts fine, idles fine, runs fine.
when it warms up it runs fine, and idles fine for about 10-15 seconds.
the idle then become a bit misfirey and slowly gets worse and worse.
if i blip the throttle it cures it again for another 10-15 seconds.
if i dont blip the throttle it eventually feels like its about to stall/die.

sometimes if im trying to accelerate off from a standstill it also feels like its about to die/stall unless i take it out of gear and blip the throttle. again only when the engines warm.

im hoping its just my icv being dicky and it needs a clean/replace.

but just incase any other places/sensors to look at?

thanks in advance
jim
 
ive replaced a lot of things..... i do believe it was finally the green coolant temperature sensor that was being dicky. didnt register past 600ohms in boiling water

before that i replaced/cleaned

map sensor
throttle position sensor
lambda sensor (O2)
 
I've found it worthwhile to once a year reseat the plugs on the 3 temp sensors, seems to help the cooling fans turning on.
BE= Blue sensor is for the temp gauge AND earths the STOP tell tale.
MR=Brown/Maroon is used by the Bitron fan controller.
VE=Green sensor used by the engine computer and the only one that can be seen via OBD.
 
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