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• digijet idle stabilizer question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:21:35 -0600
  When my Van gets warm the idle wants to move up to 1200 and cycle +/- 200 rpm. I was wondering if anyone on the...
• Question about setting idle for 87 GL?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:34:02 -0500
  ...Trying to set the idle on my 87 GL. I found this in the archives: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2...
• 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 Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:52:31 -0700
  ...Idle Stabilizer > Does anyone know about what an idle stabilizer for a 2.1L cost?? > > Thanks > > Tim > 87Wolfsburg >
• 2000 RPM Idle w/AC on..
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:51:28 -0400
  Hi all, I turned on the A/C in my 87 Westy for the first time since last summer and the idle is sitting...
• van dies ands idles rough
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:27:35 -0500
  my van idles rough and dies, when restarted it misses on time, then starts and runs rough again, it is a digifant II, system...
• AFM Idle Air Adjustment 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:11:42 -0400
  The air adjustment screw on the AFM controls only IDLE mixture, not running. Correct? Reason I ask is van is running lean under load...
• Idle
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:59:33 -0800
  An anyone help with an '80 idle setting? Zoltan [text/html]
• Re: 86 Vanagon unstable idle (thanks for replies)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:44:47 -0900
  Sincere thanks to Ken, Charlie, Eric and John (did I forget anyone?) for the diagnostic tips to solve my weird cyclic idle problem that...
• 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...
• Re: Timing and hot starts (not)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:56:54 -0400
  At 10:11 PM 7/12/2012, Skip wrote: >that my idle seems on the low side right now, and I'm trying to...
• Re: FrontFire?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 21 May 2006 19:29:49 -0700
  ...Instead of causing the low idle, the sound was the result of the low idle. Bizarre. From a cold start, the low idle only...
• Re: Wanted: Digijet idle controller
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:04:58 -0700
  Digijet has an idle stabiliser....semantics I suppose. Does the same thing as the Digifant system. John Lane 83.5 Westy Iron Butterfly Perkiomenville...
• Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:01:47 -0400
  ...I swapped out the idle computer. No change. >My temporary fix: Unplug the idle air bypass solenoid. Engine >runs great otherwise. > > >Larry's AC...
• Subject: Re: High Idle, Setting the timing
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:53:43 -0800
  ...This little gizmo MUST be disconnected when you set the idle speed adjustment. It does two things: 1) keeps the idle speed up on...
• Re: Starting issue - low idle and wants to stall
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:45:16 -0400
  ...For some reason the idle speed valve is not boosting the idle or giving a cold start fast idle. Probably also means no power...
• Re: Vanagon jerking in stop and go traffic
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:31:41 EST
  ...The idle switch is an exact adjustment. It is also outlined very well in the Bentley. The idle position set screw, idle air bypass...
• Re: Idle / Plugs / Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:09:29 -0700
  There's a very large "screw head" on the throttle body that controls the idle; it's a bypass and it's temperature independent...
• Surging idle on 87GL
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:19:23 EST
  Hello folks The idle on my new '87 Wolfy (almost) continually surges between 1000-1200 RPM. The surging occurs about once every second or...
• sources for idle control value
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:59:06 -0800
  ...sources for idle control value Folks, My mechanic (not a VW dealership) tells me my idle problems are because of a failing idle control...
• Re: All Is Not Well in Air Conditioning Land
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:02:45 -0500
  As I understand it - and my interpretation may be off here so maybe a more knowledgeable person can correct me - the idle circuit includes...
• Idle setting on '84 WasserBoxer (w DigiJet)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:43:02 -0500
  ...The manual directs me to remove the idle stabilizer plugs, plug them together (done), then simply "adjust the idle". Could some kind soul tell...
• 1991Carat w/auotranny: IDLE SPEED?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Sep 2016 20:32:09 -0500
  My Carat with new engine and tranny doesn't idle correctly. When in gear with foot on the brake it idles as it should...
• 1985 Vanagon - cold start idle
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:00:13 -0400
  ...Any suggestions on the cold start idle system? Thanks Larry Georgia
• Re: Erratic idle
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 03:11:38 EDT
  ...8~] >> Any relation to Billy Idle? Is he still dancing by himself? Sorry for the lack of technical assistance. BenT
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:33:09 -0700
  ...I bypassed the DIS and set the idle to about 850rpm when warm as per bentley. However, still having trouble getting my idle to...
• '88 Vanagon poor idle when engine is first started
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:58:35 -0400
  ...The engine starts fine, with idle a little over 1K and idles there for about 20 seconds and then want to die unless I...
• Re: Advice on Spare 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 May 2010 10:42:54 -0700
  ...the Idle Control Unit ...the vale and control unit, on the 2.1 ...which have to do with air control that determines idle speed...
• Fast idle seaking revisited
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 06:38:58 -0800
  ...It drops in RPM and then comes back up to idle speed. If you touch the acclerator (basically allow the idle switch to trigger...
• Query - Idle Stabilier Trouble Shoot
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 09:40:26 -0500
  How do I trouble shoot the Idle Stabilizer System? The Idle Stabilizer System on my 88 GL causes the engine to run in a...
• Van Stalls Easily when totally cold.
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:38:37 -0400
  Lately, our westy has exhibited difficulty maintaining its idle in the first minute or so of cold running. It idles very low during this...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:33:04 -0500
  ...The idle speed will slowly drop off, the idle stabilizer will try to keep it up, but it can only do so much, and...
• '87 GL High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Thu, 6 Mar 1997 09:30:08 -0800
  ...Motor will not hold 900 rpm idle. Slow idle down by letting clutch out a touch, but idle creeps back up to 2,000...
• Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:12:53 -0400
  Lasha wrote: > Where is the place you find the idle stableizer to spray>?<Gaelen Cleaning the Idle Stabilizer: The idle stabilizer sits on top...
• Re: How do I....
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:30:01 -0500
  ...Remove that clip, restart the engine, check the idle. If your engine smooths out and idles steadily, your Idle Stabilizer circuit has a fault...
• Re: Not in R or D
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 23 Mar 2019 08:56:06 -0400
  ...When you put it in gear,electronic idle stabilizer should bring idle back up. Idle stabilizer advances timing in distributor to keep idle constant...
• '86-on idle stabilizer cleaning tip
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Mon, 3 Feb 97 12:57:39 -0600
  having had several bouts of 2,000 rpm idle this winter and consequently enjoying several bouts of idle stabilizer cleaning i was begining to...
• Re: 87 Rough/High Idle problem solved (I hope)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 May 2003 20:33:30 -0400
  Unless the control unit was shorting out the ECU temp sensor, it has nothing to do with the idle mixture. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:50:12 -0700
  ...Rinse >>> and repeat. >>> >>> >>> >>> I unplugged the 12v from the idle control valve and the engine >>> remained at idle. I removed the idle control valve...
• Re: No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:19:11 -0700
  if you have the Idle control valve, the one that sit on top near the breather tower... remove it and spray a lot of...
• Re: idle adjustment problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:32:40 -0600
  I had my share of idle problems and almost invariably the trouble was a vacuum leak or an idle controller(in front of the...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:48:24 -0800
  ...If the throttle valve is closed, then adjust the idle air flow to keep the rpms within a narrow range. When there is partial...
• Lost the Idle adjust screw! ('84)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 12 May 1997 21:21:14 -0400
  I was trying to adjust the idle on my '84 yesterday, and apparently unscrewed the adjustment screw too far, since it is now missing...
• Low Idle w/A/C on 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:37:21 -0500
  ...Should I just tweak up the idle screw w/A/C on? I don't think there is any "throttle kick up" valve or...
• Re: High Idle with A/C on
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:51:55 -0700
  it could just be an idle circuit or an a/c circuit kicking in and adjusting the idle so that there is not as...
• Re: '84 Westy: Does Air Conditioner Boost Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:22:46 -0700
  ...to boost the idle > >when the compressor is engaged? > > > >If so, what's the mechanism? Is it called an "idle stabilizer," or > >something else...
• Re: '87 Oil pressure NEED HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 07:58:33 PDT
  ...Thanks!!!!!! Idle specs for 87 are: 880 +/-50 rpm, with everything off (ie: a/c) Although if idle stabilizer is working, it should keep...
• Re: 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:34:50 -0800
  If the engine still idles with the idle screw all the way in you have an air (vacuum) leak somewhere. Keep looking. One trick...
• Re: Idle Control Issues
  Historical mailing list - Craig Forney
  Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:55:32 -0700
  ...These functions are in addition to trying to maintain an idle of about 880 RPM. If the idle dips below 880 the air flow...
• 1983.5 idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Ian Steele
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 21:03:52 -0600
  Folks, Looking for any suggestions on what I think is a idle problem that I've not seen described. My vehicle is driven frequently...
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:10:28 -0700
  ...When an idle gremlin appears, I unplug and plug back in the idle controller and/or swap it with my spare which seems to...
• Water in the oil update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:41:10 -0500
  ...I then lowered the idle speed slightly and the idle became stable. I need to raise the idle speed a bit so it will...
• Re: 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:50:02 -0500
  ...One being > the idle speed adjusting screw.Through the archives, someone had suggested > turning the idle screw in to cut the idle surging out...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 May 2006 22:56:29 -0400
  ...i have had the erratic idle > syndrome for years now on my syncro. i have replced the idle contol > unit, > stabilizer, and i have...
• Re: Low idle, let's take some bet's!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:55:27 -0400
  ...I conclude that the idle control box knows how >fast the engine is going and regulates the amount of air the valve bypasses >to...
• Rough/nonexistent idle
  Historical mailing list - Danny Fuller
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:33:57 -0800
  Recently our '90 Carat has developed problem with idle. It starts OK, runs OK for half a minute or so, then the idle oscillates...
• Idle stabilizer control unit...? Do they go bad?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:03:40 -0500
  ...and the idle stabilizer valve. My question is this... Do the Idle Stabilizer Control Units ever go bad? I pulled mine and cleaned the...
• Re: Idle control system
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 1 Aug 2012 15:47:20 -0400
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > Does the engine idle near set speed with the valve electrically > disconnected? Yes. > Set idles speed to at least 850 without...
• Re: '86 Accumulating Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:00:53 EDT
  ...You might check the operation of your idle stabilizer valve to account for the idle problems. You should be able to hear/feel it...
• Fast Idle Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:53:29 -0600
  ...After disconnecting the idle control solenoid, mine would idle properly, but the problem would return next cold start cycle. My first effort to address...