Is there any actual purpose of this being fitted to the car ?
Dave
Throttle damper
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XantiaDaveEire
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My "new" Xantia has this fitted,i really don't like it
Is there any actual purpose of this being fitted to the car ?
Dave
Is there any actual purpose of this being fitted to the car ?
Dave
1998 Xantia 1.9 TD 186k
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2008 C4 grand Picasso exclusive 105k
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XantiaDaveEire
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I will indeed 
I find the car is much nicer to drive without it and quicker acceleration too
Was it fitted as standard Jim ? It's just by luck that i found out what it was in one of the other threads,i didn't want to remove it without finding out if it helped reduce heavy foot syndrome
I find the car is much nicer to drive without it and quicker acceleration too
Was it fitted as standard Jim ? It's just by luck that i found out what it was in one of the other threads,i didn't want to remove it without finding out if it helped reduce heavy foot syndrome
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Yes, it was fitted as standard and I believe (no proof) that it was an emission control device to guard against exactly what you like - rapid acceleration. This will make the car produce more smoke under some circumstances and the damper will, to a degree, suppress this.
Jim
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