Hi guys

After battling with idle issues for a while now, my 205 1.6 GTI is
running well, and rarely cutting out. However, once it has had a
stretch on the motorway, of even 5-10 minutes or so, at speeds of
70-90, and I pull off onto a slip road, or stop at a roundabout etc,
the second im coming to a halt, the car cuts out, and i have to start
the car again. Once this has happened, the car isnt happy stopping
whenever, and will cut out on all future stops for the rest of the
journey.

Is this just my car’s way of telling me that it loves the motorway and
hates the smaller roads, or is there a deeper problem?

Also, the Gary-boy who had the car before me has replaced the peugeot
air-filter with some fancy performance air filter. Probably just for
looks more than anything, because there are areas on it where it looks
like pipes should be going in of or out of, and they have simply been
taped up. Im worried about this, and am starting to think it may have
something to do with the cars unpredictable idleing and random cutting
out.

If anyone has any thoughts on this, id really appreciate it if you
send em this way.

Cheers

Joe