Technical Bravo 98 1.6 randomly cutting out?

[fallingapart]

Hello everyone!

The last couple of months the car has been randomly cutting out ,but it would always restart , if i come up to a junction or lights and drop the clutch. I thought intially it was the battery so tested it and it wasnt taking any current, then it became harder to cold start and then wouldnt start at all so again removed it and it was taking-3 amps so left it to chargeovernight , in the morning it was still taking 2 amps but i put it in the car. its been good for another month of so .On tues on my way to work it decided to cutout out but this time it wouldnt restart ,so i thought id phone the rac. he came along and checked the battery etc and said the goodnews is its not the alternator but your batterys open circuit. so ipaid for a new pricy battery and drove to work only about another mile all, ok . When i drove home 8hrs later the car cutout once again so i think theres more to this fault than the battery , if it ever was the battery. can anyone shed any light ?? , sorry for the long winded question.

 

[fallingapart]

btw when it cutout on the way home it started back up no problem, but why is it cutting out???

 

[wrightyHGT]

maybe the idle control valve ??? poss needs a clean with some carb cleaner.

 

[fallingapart]

cheers that il have a look in my haynes manual where it is, Another question not related to above i seem to be getting a lot of moisture on the inside of the windscreen now the weathers getting cold, any ideas of a quick way to stop it happening ?