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• Re: 87 Lack of power
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:30:30 -0800
  ...I would add that all adjustment must be made on a warm engine. BTW the idle control unit issue is just for cold idle...
• Getting closer to the high idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:34:18 -0700
  ...The engine does not return to idle speed from higher RPM unless slowed down by braking. The van will cruise at 30 MPH in...
• poor idle update
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 23:37:28 -0800
  ...After driving a bit yesterday, thereby giving the engine a chance to warm up fully, the idle speed would oscillate between 1400 and 1000...
• Re: Idler Stabilizer Control Unit (ISCU)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 21:13:13 -0500
  ...the engine off, ignition on. You should feel a vibration when touching the valve. The problem we had was poorly controlled idle speed especially...
• Re: stalling situation
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 6 May 2002 13:26:05 -0400
  ...DIV>&gt;It is my understanding that you should not idle the engine for a warm up. <DIV></DIV>&gt;The coolant takes a...
• Re: 81 CA van, trouble setting the timing(automatic)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 May 2008 12:14:55 -0400
  The idle stabilizer on that engine works by advancing the ignition timing when the idle goes too low. It needs to be bypassed to...
• 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: sender on power steering pump?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:59:51 EST
  ...The short of it is that it prevents the engine from stalling out when the wheels are cut hard at low speed. George
• trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:00:12 +0000
  I have been having problems with steady idle, intermittent, and usually after the van has been running at high speed for at least 30...
• Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:19:33 -0700
  ...They'd set the idle speed > & idle mixture and that's it! That's ridonkulous! Meh. Even I know about the extra little settings...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:52:17 -0400
  ...The hall sender could detect RPM below or approaching idle speed and add fuel. -----Original Message----- From: pdooley [mailto:psdooley@verizon.net] Sent: Monday...
• ENGINE LOSING POWER....HELP
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:55:21 -0500
  My 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg w/4 speed started acting up yesterday after it warmed up. It lost a lot of power...I'd step...
• Please help with carb, timing, & idle!
  Historical mailing list - johnny89
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 13:04:54 -0300
  ...My car would not idle, so per instructions of my parts supplier and VW-knowledge guy, I adjusted the idle speed adjusting screw and...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Are_all_2.1_engines_digifant=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Mike Holm Toronto
  Mon, 5 May 2014 05:57:47 -0400
  ...the base idle down to the specified idle speed using > the big plug in the side of the throttle body. Engine should be > fully...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:17:37 -0400
  ...Since it is so far away from the engine it is needed especially for idle and low speed operation. It is used on many...
• Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:48:43 -0800
  ...This time it was a little dark, I accelerated the car from the engine compartment, and it was bogging down big time from idle...
• Re: What Oil to Use on Startup?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 11:22:27 -0500
  ...The engine was run at idle until warm, then cycled up and down from idle to 1500 and back to idle. This was every...
• Re: Update: More idle issues for idle hands and minds
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:31:41 -0600
  ...engine up, or >>something. What is the cold idle speed supposed to be on a Vanagon? >> >>Once warm: Idles around 900-1000 RPMs, idle...
• Idle stablilizer system testing
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:34:57 -0500
  ...cause the module to > > cycle the stabilizer > > valve and upset the idle speed causing your symptom. > > Also make certain > > there are NO intake air...
• 84 Ignition Wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Off White
  Fri, 8 May 1998 10:02:33 -0700
  ...It idles fine, but just a slight touch on the pedal causes the idle speed to fluctuate, up and down. Sounds like this might...
• RE: '87 Oil pressure NEED HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:55:30 -0700
  ...Re: '87 Oil pressure NEED HELP!! Low idle speed and wrong viscosity oil can both cause this problem. Find out what oil is being...
• Re: Ecu & Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Feb 95 11:46 CST
  ...the idle stabilizer replaced on our 82 at a VW dealership in Palo >Alto. The engine would cut out after a high speed run...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:47:48 -0400
  ...Fri, 11 May 2007 13:25:28 -0400 > >This switch is only there to increse the idle when the PS drags the >engine speed...
• RE: '87 Oil pressure NEED HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 24 Jul 96 03:56:09 UT
  The oil light in my '84 would blink a bit at idle after highway speeds in my '84. It did this for about 50K...
• Re: 91 Westy, idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:55:45 -0700
  ...throttle plate, and thus idle speed increases, That's how you adjust idle on a 2.1 waterboxer vanagon engine. Maybe that's what...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:23:59 -0800
  > Assuming a properly functioning engine and IS system, if one measured > current draw at the ISV, loads on and off, at idle, cruising speed...
• Re: setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:39:12 -0500
  ...Unplug the two wires going into your Idle Stabilizer, the > little green box on the wall to the left of the engine. Plug those...
• Re: Hunting idle on Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Apr 94 09:18:07 CDT
  ...That is, when idling, the >RPMs will increase to about 2000 momentarily and then return to proper >idle speed. Really weird the first time...
• Re: idle stablizer/its only another part (Good Info Here!)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:26:51 +0100
  ...He also says that you can test both idle stabilizer systems by simply starting the engine. If the idle stabilizer system is working, the...
• Re: trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:33:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...with steady idle, intermittent, and > usually after the van has been running at high speed for at least 30 > minutes. At idle, the van...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:18:40 -0800
  ...Kinda warmed-up engine. Idle ran up to about 1800 rpm with O2 sensor indicating full rich, then dropped to about 1000 rpm with...
• Re: Alternator & O2 lights
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  8 Dec 1995 20:34:11 -0800
  ...a diesel, so there is no "fast idle" when I start a cold engine, idle speed is always the same). Steve is pretty close...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:49:25 -0800
  ...After engine is warmed up, ECU >> doesn't like high idle speeds, so it kills the fuel. Idle speed drops, >> and fuel starts again...
• '85 vac lines
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Thu, 26 Dec 96 08:29:26 -0600
  ...each is hooked to a vacuum solenoid for boosting idle speed during A/C use and when there is an engine load from the...
• Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:58:09 -0400
  ...Steady idle, no stumble on clutch release, no popping and kicking on decel, and gobs of power at cruising speed. The question then is...
• Fwd: RE: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:42:48 -0600
  ...d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > How well is the engine idling? A lower than normal idle speed will bring > on the low oil pressure light...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:01:22 -0800
  ...minutes > apart. > > If I pull off and let then engine go down to idle speed, it will die. > It has a little trouble restarting...
• Re: runs lean / runs rich ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 1995 20:00:57 -0500
  ...after idle it would indicate rich idle (sometimes you need this to prevent off idle bogging.If you run the car at speed and...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:46:41 -0600
  ...com> wrote: > Oil is Kendall GT-1 20W50. > > At idle, flickering light, turn the engine off, then restart, the light no > longer flickers. It...
• Re: hall effect sender output characteristics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:30:36 -0400
  ...Duration around 10 ms at idle, proportionately less at speed. Leading edge corresponds to each spark initiation except when the idle stabilizer is messing...
• Re: Stalling 1.9l Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:39:02 -0800
  ...If I ease into the stop and only use the > clutch once the rpms are down to idle speed, it is OK . I do...
• Help..oil light on 84 GL
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:52:24 EDT
  ...time and continued to do so at slower speeds. It was now lighting intermittently at idle! I pulled off the highway and called AAA...
• Re: No cold start ability at all?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:17:24 -0500
  ...First is getting the engine to start, then idle speed control. I would check tune-up, including compression and ignition timing. Then check the...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . .Over running the engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:44:49 -0400
  ...get that idle surge. The 2.1 addresses this with the raised cut off speed. One problem of operating the engine for a long...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:49:07 -0800
  ...it works >>> quite well as a form of manual idle speed adjustment. Once the engine is >>> warmed somewhat I shut it off. >>> >>> As I...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:53:45 -0800
  ...I can't get the idle speed down to 920 without killing the engine. The idle is stable when the idle stabilizer is connected...
• Re: 2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:24:22 -0500
  ...speeds, the > power would seem to > just disappear, for a second or so, and then come back. > This coupled with > some rather insane idle...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:25:43 -0400
  ...and thus an increased idle speed. The 12 volt heater causes the valve to close. The inside of the engine will heat up very...
• suspicious Wire
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 07:52:43 -0700
  ...engine bolts to the transmission. At the other end of the cable is a connector which looks like the ones on the idle speed...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Automatic Rough Idle
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 06:27:21 -0600
  ...If your engine is an early '85 you may have two switches -- one for idle position and the second for full throttle. If you...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:49:30 -0800
  ...This devices advances the ignition timing when the idle > speeds drops to under 750 rpm or so. There are two versions, (green or > black...
• Re: help with stumbling 89 GL 2.1 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 1997 21:49:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Idle speed motor". This bad motor also caused some sort of little black box to short out etc. causing similar problems after the engine...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:47:31 -0500
  ...engine that are tied together by way of connectors. The Bentley shows the O2 sensor wire be disconnected while setting the idle speed. It...
• 81 Air-Cooled Vangon Stalling at Warm Idle
  Historical mailing list - Melissa E. Mourkas
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 13:09:48 -0500
  ...or a stop, and the engine drops to idle speed. Then she dies. This only occurs after the engine has warmed up, about 10...
• Re: Turning kills engine--??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:43:08 -0400
  ...Fri, 11 May 2007 13:25:28 -0400 > >> > >>This switch is only there to increse the idle when the PS drags the > >>engine speed...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:31:49 -0500
  ...I finally have tracked the high emissions at idle to the "new" VW idle control module was not functioning correctly. I was able to...
• Can't adjust idle (was High RPM miss)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Basey
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 02:47:50 -0500
  ...Turning the idle adjusting screw makes no difference in idle speed. I have searched the archives and tried everything. 1. Does anyone have a...
• Re: Bad coil
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 15 May 2006 13:54:21 -0400
  ...at low speeds or idle then the problem revealed itself. When I started to diagnose what was going on in the engine compartment and...
• Re: Failed Emissions - High HC at Idle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 01:09:55 -0600
  According to a 2002 Impreza ServiceManual that I have ~ Idle speed at Park/Neutral position (A/C OFF) 650(MT) 700(AT) 650 is...
• Update: 81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle
  Historical mailing list - Melissa E. Mourkas
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:52:28 -0500
  ...I was experiencing a stalling problem when the engine was warm and dropped to idle from running speed. It was also difficult to restart...