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Testing the ICV and boost problem

I have two problems. A nasty idle and no boost.

1. When driving around once the car gets to normal temperature I get a fluctuation in the idle at rest (neutral). Say I come up to a stop light and bring the car out of gear, the idle will go up to 1200 then rest back around 800, then back up and it continues until I drive off. The next light, it will be fine. Does this sound like a faulty ICV? How would I go about testing it? I just brought the car out of storage and haven't noticed it yet. To date I have never seen a car fix itself.

2. Nasty hesitation/buck/lack of boost problem. Again, after the car warms up and I try to spool up the turbo, i get the afore mentioned symptoms. This is a constant problem. I can hear the turbo "wanting" to create boost but it is prematurely venting. Would this be a problem associated with the wastegate? The DV has just been replaced with the new piston style and there are no blatant vaccum leaks.

Any suggestions?
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