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• catalytic converter failure question
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:32:38 -0500
  ...I got home and found that the idle stabilizer on the oxygen sensor wasn't connected (don't ask me how the mechanic didn...
• Re: Idle problem
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:31:02 -0700
  ...one is the idle stabilizer. It is on the drivers side infront of the coil. They are either green or black. Two round plugs...
• Engine overheats after spark plug change
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:34:04 -0400
  ...If I set it to the correct timing, the car idles poor and requires the use of the idle stabilizer. If I adjust to...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve - Later UPDATE: problem *NOT* solved!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 May 2006 05:57:18 EDT
  ...Idle stabilizer valve, 2.1, 1695, 025 906 457 A - $275.00 CAD Idle stabilizer control unit, 2.1, VDO 412.202/015/007...
• Re: Surging Idle
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:34:43 -0400
  ...By-pass the idle stabilizer and set your idle speed and check your timing. The surging is due to the idle stabilzer working too...
• Re: Bentley question regarding Idle Speed Stab. valve troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Tue, 22 May 2018 14:28:11 -0700
  ...Additionally, the idle valve functions using a ‘test box’ designed to operate it. Also, Peter at VanCafe loaned me a new Stabilizer Module a...
• Re: Engine warm-up troubles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:21:26 EDT
  ...This analog signal tells the idle stabilizer valve to open the correct amount to produce smooth idle. The idle speed relay is located in...
• Re: Idle Control
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 14 Nov 2020 21:04:24 +0000
  ...My '85 starts and runs fine, > including idle at about 900 rpm, with one exception. ..... Should it still idle > without the stabilizer, and if...
• Ignition timing adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 05:33:03 +0000
  ...Would any other engine problem/failure cause this? Also, after reconnecting the idle stabilizer, I tried to test it by putting the automatic transmission...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:17:00 -0700
  ...Free, too. > > Start by setting the timing, with the idle stabilizer bypassed, to 10* ATDC, > hoses attached, 950 rpm. You should be able to...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit, 1.9l Digijet, more info
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:56:55 -0400
  Should have noted that I have the after pump big canister filter that Bentley says is a California item. May not be significant. Sam
• Retro Digital Idle Stabilizer Control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:59:14 -0500
  Anyone heard anything lately about this project by a List Member?? It now seems that I'm going to need two of them Thanks...
• 1987 Vanagon Stalls
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Baumgarten
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 19:47:31 +0000
  ...Runs great except for intermittent stalling at idle. I have replaced all fuel lines and injector seals, oxygen sensor, and idle stabilizer valve, and...
• idle stabilizer valve question
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:12:02 -0500
  ...It would only race while in "park." So I unhooked my idle stabilizer valve and it seems to be idling fine now while in...
• Re: erratic idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:58:06 -0600
  ...I replaced the idle stabilizer valve and that took care of the problem. John Rodgers "88GL Driver John Schaper wrote: > I am experiencing a...
• Re: Rough Idle on 84 Vanagon 1.9L - Help
  Historical mailing list - George Ciolfi
  Sun, 19 May 2002 12:11:29 EDT
  ...What problem would that cause, a vacuum leak? Timing was set after bypassing the idle stabilizer and setting the idle to 850. When you...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 21 Nov 95 22:02:50 EST
  ...John ja@coe.wvu.edu '78 Westy Virginia (idle stabilizer valve, yeah right) '90 Corrado G60
• Wiring for CIS-E F.I. in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - emz
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:55:23 -0500
  ...The Wiring diagrams I have showing the CIS-E Systems all have a idle stabilizer valve. This valve (the idle up solenoid valve) came...
• Little Cracks in Tire side walls/idle stabilizer answers.
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Puzio
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 22:05:03 EDT
  ...Thanks to all those that provide thoughts and advice about my idle stabilizer problem. This time however the mechanic was right. (MInes pretty good...
• Re: '87 2.1 Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:49:23 -0500
  Sounds like too much air is getting into the engine either through a faulty idle stabilizer or a vaccuum leak. ------------------------- Laurence Smith Hamilton, Ontario...
• Re: Weird all of a sudden 4,000 Idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:28:28 -0500
  Disconnect the clip on the end of the idle stabilizer valve, start the engine and rev it enough to keep it running. Allow it...
• Re: Idle and Timing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 22:42:52 -0600
  ...This is >with the idle stabilizer disconnected. Mike, my '85 is the same way. I couldn't get it too run any faster than...
• Re: '85 timing question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 13:07:41 EST
  ...If you are still experiencing the "loping idle" you might want to replace your idle stabilizer as I have brand new ones right now...
• Is this an Idle Stabilizer problem?
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:51:53 -0700
  About 10% of the time when I decelerate to stop at a light or in the driveway, the idle drops to 500 or less...
• Re: Help! irratic idling while wet
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:52:50 -0700
  ...Help! irratic idling while wet > > > Remember that that recall included the idle stabilizer! So tell him to > check his local dealer with VIN #! > > On...
• Re: HICCUPS, HICCUPS, HICCUPS!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 19:16:59 EDT
  ...The problem was eventually solved after a) the idle stabilizer was replaced and b) the pipe running from the aux. air regulator to the...
• WTB - Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list - john runberg
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:25:33 -0500
  My ISV vibrates but sticks and wont come clean. Anyone have a spare in good serviceable shape while I save for a new one...
• Calling John Bange
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:58:40 -0600
  John, Have you gone any further in the development of some alternative to the Idle Stabilizer Control for the vans. Just curious. I have...
• Re: Last gasp: low compression exhaust valve can't pass smog
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:15:26 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz | |The spec sticker on my 85 Adventurwagon Ca model says '850 + or minus 50 |rpm, Idle Stabilizer Disconnected' |so I would think...
• 84 vanagon DOES NOT idle up and down
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:51:36 -0800
  Hey guy's Thanks for the advice with my 84' GL.After a new temp II sensor.Trying to bypass my idle stabilizer,cleaning...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:49:36 -0700
  Change the idle stabilizer. Little green box with two round plugs on the bottom just in front of the coil on the l/h...
• Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:25:12 -0800
  same part number on the Idle Stabilizers on my inline as is on the WBX I just wondered if there might be a known...
• Surging idle on 87GL
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:19:23 EST
  ...84 model years by a bad or misadjusted idle switch or a bad idle stabilizer but neither of these are used on the 87...
• Re: Idle stabilizer for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:53:42 +0000
  ...just to simplify things.  I have noticed that without the idle stabilizer, the idle dips more and also does not adjust when you turn...
• Re: Idle Control Whatzit
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:46:33 EDT
  I have new idle stabilizers for $50 that will work with either 80-83 aircooled Vanagons or 83.5-85 1.9l Vanagons. These...
• '85 Vanagon - won't come off idle
  Historical mailing list - Kenn Draymon and Corinne Janow
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 21:28:14 -0800
  ...Next, he bypassed idle stabilizer. Now it comes off idle okay, but idle is rough. If I don't get some inspiration, or great...
• Re: Ecu & Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Feb 95 11:46 CST
  >I had the idle stabilizer replaced on our 82 at a VW dealership in Palo >Alto. The engine would cut out after a high...
• Re: 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:47:32 -0800
  ...A humming idle stabilizer valve means it's working. Not sure what you mean by "clicking" though. Should be only a steady hum from...
• Re: idle stabilizer: valve, control unit or both?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 05:46:20 -0500
  The Idle Stabilizer circuit does three things. 1) Keeps engine from stalling on a cold start by kicking up the idle. 2) When the...
• Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:15:50 -0700
  ...Idle stabilizer (reads 118ma at all rpms. Bentley says 430 = 20ma. What is that supposed to mean, 430 to 20ma range?) Idle Stabilizer control...
• Re: Advice on Spare 2.1
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 6 May 2010 19:21:36 -0400
  >> gonna be hard to get an idle stabilizer or ign control unit on a 2.1.. they're incorporated into the ecu. << Ah, you...
• Generic setting for Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:29:45 -0500
  ...without all the electrical testing etc.(since I don't have the throttle switch or idle stabilizer up and running atthe present. Thanks Max
• Honda van-type car
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:45:36 -0500
  ...Checked temp sender 4 and idle stabilizer all okay, any ideas? Also, my cylinder head is leaking on the ground. I did use the...
• Mysterious idle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:19:32 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I checked the idle stabilizer valve. It hums and buzzes (quietly) and there is 12V at the connecting wire. I did notice that the...
• Re: Mark D? Someone with a scope?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:41:09 -0400
  At 08:46 PM 8/21/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote: >The idle speed stabilizer shares some of the ECU inputs such as temp 2...
• Van dies when cold
  Historical mailing list - Greg Mueller
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:13:21 -0700
  ...The idle stabilizer appears to be working. It hums and the van runs and idles fine once it warms up. A friend thought it...
• parts 4 sale
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:27:34 -0400
  hey all, for sale Idle stabilizer vale idle control unit 2wd speedo 175,000 on it(back plastic plate is cracked at screw holes...
• Re: Ingnition time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:19:05 -0400
  ...Then set the idle speed to 800 rpm and set timing. Shut off power and reconnect idle stabilizer. When it is working properly it...
• Re: How to disconnect idle stablizer??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:37:25 -0400
  ...there is a microswitch on the bottom of the throttle body that must close a circuit for the idle stabilizer to operate. Verify that...
• Re: Do I really need the Idle Stabilizer Valve?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:30:59 -0500
  ...need to have it installed? > The ISV is just that, and idle stabilizer. The other aspect is mixture control. On a cold start on...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:30:08 -0500
  tried the contact cleaner first:I use it on all electrical I touch,good stuff,but does'nt seem to clean like carb cleaner...
• Re: Continuing Cold Stall Problem - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:21:21 -0400
  ...of the list said "replace >the idle >stabilizer >valve" I decided to try that. I "borrowed" the >stabilizer from my >wife's 90 >cabriolet...
• How does the Idle Stabilizer Work?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 10:09:50 -0700
  What magic is happening inside the Idle Stablilizer? I have no idea what it does, but I was able to fix my idle problem...
• Re: idle problems
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:09:15 EST
  Could be the oxygen sensor, but I suspect the idle stabilizer. I have these for $24 each on my website (Dealer wants $185). I...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabilizer Controller) Stickin g TB!!!
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:00:30 -0500
  ...High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabilizer Controller) Throttle body flap sticking. Remove the throttle body and look in the throat. Bet you find some...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:34:33 -0500
  ...stabalizer in the"wiggling"part..anyway did this to get my idle speed up to 900,but after the disconect/plug togeather,the big...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Unit Placement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:16:29 +0000
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• Re: Lowering your Van- again
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 06:27:08 -0700
  ...If the van's a-rocking its probably the idle stabilizer. Ron
• Re: Is this an Idle Stabilizer problem?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:08:21 -0700
  ...Then follow Bentley as to testing idle control items, throttle switch and idle motor and idle ECU. At 07:51 AM 06/30/2003...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:12:42 EDT
  Jeff & The List - For the 80-85 models, I do carry NEW, Original Idle Stabilizers and at VERY affordable prices: 251-906-083 (My...