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Old 4th October 2019, 18:52   #10
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Originally Posted by pletevl View Post
You dip the clutch and the idle drops.
Had this with my Rover 25 last year. Started without warning and rapidly moved on to stalling accompanied by a very audible grating sound. Resulting fix was a full clutch change though the main culprit was the release bearing which had failed and chewed into the guide sleeve creating extra load on the engine when the clutch was used. I was surprised that the garage managed to obtain a new guide sleeve so quickly but the mechanic who is an ex-Land Rover dealer tech said that it was also used by Peugeot and so readily still available.

Hopefully this won't be the cause of your problem but thought it worth mentioning.
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