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• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:58:00 -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...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:59:06 -0800
  ...Lots of options here. > > > > > > > > What we're still looking for: > > > > What happens above idle speed? Does the idle air flow shut down, or stay...
• FS: 2.1 engine and accessories + speedo
  Historical mailing list - Ray R Brubaker
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:12:43 -0500
  ...Engine without accessories, $450.00 Alternator, 025 903 023E, 90 amp, 23K miles since rebuild $80 Starter $50 ECU 025 906 022 $140 Idle...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:01:32 -0500
  ...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: Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Chapter Three
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:32:53 -0600
  ...It doesn't >boil over and engine temps stay normal. >If I load the engine more and/or increase speed .... Engine >temps increase to...
• Re: trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list
  31 Jan 97 11:38:49
  ...I have been having problems with steady idle, intermittent, and usually after the van has been running at high speed for at least 30...
• Euro-Drive: FIX 88 Volkswagen Vanagon, Emissions/Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - "Eli Melnick (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:25:33 -0500
  ...3-speed Automatic Transaxle Mileage: 140,000 mi Emissions: Federal VIN: WV2YB025XJH Symptoms: Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality Occurs: Hot, Idle _______________________ CLOSED W/FIX...
• Re: 85 wbx miss at idle...update =)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:02:47 -0500
  ...idle, and so worrrying about 5 deg one way or the other in terms of engine damage is ridiculous; engine idle will speed up...
• Help!! sputtering on deceleration
  Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:30:37 -0600
  ...speed and decelerate a small amount (just letting up pressure on the peddle, release peddle only 1/16 inch) the engine will buck and...
• Re: winter vanagon complaint #2
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:26:45 -0500
  ...Let > the engine warm up good, at the idle speed. <snip>
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Steven Mills
  Sun, 17 May 2020 10:43:31 -0500
  ...Have 87 Westy with idle issues. New items include engine bay wire loom, TPS and GW throttle body. Idle is low and sometimes erratic...
• Re: diesel altitude compensation
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:06:10 -0500
  ...This also means that the idle speed will need to be adjusted to get the engine to idle at stock RPM. Be mindful of...
• Re: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 11:22:56 -0700
  Maybe do timing and idle adjust procedures? Someone could've incorrectly adjusted throttle screw at TB, air bypass at AFM to compensate for bad...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:19:24 -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: Screeching Alternator Belt
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 11 May 2017 18:27:15 -0700
  ...screeches horribly at idle, and > sometimes when you first pull out from a stop. (It stops if you gun the > engine, or while driving...
• Re: 2.1 Oil light on at low speeds
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 4 Sep 2011 01:59:08 -0400
  ...finding that > the oil light comes on and off at Idle once the engine is fully warmed up. > What's the best proceedure for...
• Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:44:47 -0400
  ...times Replace engine with Boston Bob (I miss him) big valve engine after throwing a rod through the crankcase Replace idle stabilizer module (NOT...
• Smog Check failed -- Can't Idle between 2250 and 2750 RPM
  Historical mailing list - Justin Gordon
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:44:10 -0700
  ...It will idle lower, and if it idles a bit quicker, something in the engine shuts down the idle speed after just a few...
• Re: Weird "idle" problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:57:46 -0400
  ...Once warm your engine should be able to start, run, and be drivable without the idle compensation system even being there. As for the...
• 84 Vanagon GL Intake Air sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:12:36 -0700
  ...i am also having some cold start idle problems that dissipate once the engine has warmed up nicely...the guy i just bought the...
• Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:28:35 -0700
  ...I don't know what the idle speed is on the >> zetec, but most engines are turning slowly enough that the alternator >> is putting...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:05:24 -0700
  ...An engine running twice the rpms as another is very nearly equivalent to > a twice as large engine running the same speed as the...
• VW-71 BUS-CHECKING FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD VACCUM LEAKS
  Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
  Sun, 08 Oct 95 23:31:26 PDT
  ...It idles like a dream and the acceleration from idle to warp speed is OK concidering the .009-34PICT3 combo's notorious deadspot. However...
• Re: 90 Syncro engine power probs
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:10 -0500
  ...the engine at all, rpm at idle no matter where the gas. Dropped to 3rd and was able to keep up the speed with...
• Re: no start -(
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  11 Dec 1995 11:03:53 -0800
  ...put the idle up a bit, but if the voltage drops to 12.6 or lower no matter what the engine speed, you most...
• Idle Problem & Shifting Gears
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:04:58 -0400
  ...I don't seem to be able to smooth down the idle. It is kind of erratic and the engine kinda bounces around a...
• Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 7:46:36 PDT
  ...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: Induction air flow rates
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:25:25 -0700
  ...What would be the volume of air > going into an engine at say, idle, cruise, top speed? Also the speed at > which that air...
• Re: First Long Drive, some observations
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 1 May 2006 22:19:08 -0700
  ...I suspect that the speedometer may be 5mph > higher than actual speed is this normal? It has the stock size tires with > alloy wheels...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:52:41 -0500
  ...engine, disconnect the temp 2 sensor while it is running and then set the timing. After reconnecting the sensor, set the idle speed slightly...
• Re: 90 Syncro engine power probs
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 7 Apr 2012 23:33:13 -0600
  ...the engine at all, rpm at idle no matter where the gas. Dropped to 3rd and was able to keep up the speed with...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:11:36 -0800
  ...engine, disconnect the temp 2 sensor while it is running and then set the > timing. After reconnecting the sensor, set the idle speed slightly...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:54:43 -0500
  ...It may do some wave shaping, but that 's incidental to its true function which is to...wait for it...stabilize the idle speed...
• AC Idle Stabilizer valve?
  Historical mailing list - Perry Patterson
  Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:16:31 -0800 (PST)
  ...WHERE does this elusive IDLE SPEED BOOST VALVE live on the Vanagon. If any of you listees out there could take a look at...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:22:32 -0400
  ...after engine running. That is part of the procedure to set the timing. Reconnect the snsor to then set the idle speed. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:17:45 -0400
  ...I don't know what the idle speed is on the >> zetec, but most engines are turning slowly enough that the alternator >> is putting...
• Re: Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:03:50 -0400
  ...Cold idle speed is raised by a temperature-controlled air valve containing a heater. Its initial amount of opening is controlled by ambient temp...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:09:45 -0800
  ...Multiply pulses per second times 30 to get engine RPM. 30 pulses is 900 RPM. Target Vanagon idle RPM is 880 plus or minus...
• Re: Cooling Intake Air?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:51:04 -0400
  ...All that air is constantly changed especially at HWY speeds. When engine is shut down or even at idle speeds, air flow is greatly...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Sep 2006 to 12 Sep 2006 - Special issue (#2006-765)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:07:14 -0700
  ...IDLE 2500 >>HC 53 241 (limit 125) >>CO% 0.18 0.53 (limit 1.0) >> >>So, HC is too high at speed. Engine runs...
• Re: extended idling with a diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 22:36:07 -0900
  ...Since the pump governs the engine speed, a simple knob attached somehow to the accelerator pedal would be very handy for long trips. I...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 95 12:43:23 EDT
  ...Does this > match the experience of others -- that CIS system is rich at idle in order > to be neither rich nor lean at speed...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:19:54 -0700
  ...after engine running. That is part of the procedure to set the timing. Reconnect the snsor to then set the idle speed. Dennis -----Original...
• Test for AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 14 May 2003 10:26:24 -0400
  ...raise the rpms from idle to 2500 and see if you can hold it steady at random engine speeds. Jay This communication is for...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:18:46 -0600
  ...starts easily, idles easily, but upon attempted >>> acceleration it bucks, kicks, snorts, hiccups, coughs - finally smoothing >> out at speed. >>> >>> Warm engine: starts easily, idles...
• Re: More Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:53:24 -0500
  ...When cold, idles very poorly, dies frequently, but would idle > ok when warm (still rough, but not dying). > At freeway speed, runs fine : can...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:19:58 -0500
  ...The idle controller > looks at engine speed, temperature, and those other inputs and then > modulates the valve to get to the desired speed. The...
• Bad O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Capt Steven Meschwitz
  Wed, 07 May 1997 06:49:44 -0700
  ...the engine off, waited a few minutes, restarted, and the engine was back to "normal". After I disconnected the O2 sensor, it idled rock...
• Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:30:05 -0700
  ...If the engine is allowed to come up to normal operating temperature (run for a few minutes), is it more tempted to idle? Could...
• Re: Spark Coil Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:30:03 -0400
  ...Engine *just had the feeling* that it was working too hard for the speed and rpm. I had tachometer needle bounce that didn't...
• Re: Overheating at idle
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:59:25 -0300
  ...Rev the engine and the temp returns to normal. Even >>>> after a 15 minute drive: stop and idle, and it'll get hot. >>>> I...
• Re: timing tyro
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:37:19 EST
  ...With one of these you can set your idle where it needs to be since your timing and idle speed both need to be...
• Re: cold start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:25:33 -0400
  Temp 2 sensor and idle speed controller (assuming 2.1L). As for grounds the ring terminals can be clean and tight but wires can...
• 84 Camper engine dying
  Historical mailing list - Alvaro San Paulo
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:39:40 -0800
  ...It has happened at various speeds, engine cold or hot, day or night? When it happens, I can not start the engine unless I...
• Re: Timing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:53:34 -0400
  ...rotating the engine and seeing which mark comes first. To adjust the timing, disconnect the idle stabilizer and set the idle speed to 850...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:56:08 -0700
  ...Idle, cruising speeds. Image showing what is likely minimal wear on my AFM resistive track: http://tinyurl.com/pon4jjw the arrow points to what...
• Re: Help-crazy bouncing idle
  Historical mailing list - john
  Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:44:33 -0400
  ...Need some help or suggestions to fix an idle > > problem on my 85 1.9 > > auto trans westy. Engine idles ok at start-up...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:15:35 -0800
  ...If you > can't use current or duty cycle to set the base idle speed set the idle to > about 750-800 rpm (engine...
• Re: TiiCo, high oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 21:09:23 -0500
  What! Too much oil pressure at idle? That pressure is normal for those engines. The tolerances are tighter and the oil pump larger than...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:43:31 -0500
  ...If you can't use current or duty cycle to set the base idle speed set the idle to about 750-800 rpm (engine...