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• CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:23:05 -0700
  ...The > throttle switch should be closed when the throttle is closed or at full > throttle, not in between. > > With the O2 sensor disconnected from...
• Re: FW: Idle Control Issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:31:03 -0700
  ...Turned out to be the throttle position switch was > out of adjustment and wasn't indicating closed throttle. When I'd tap the > pedal...
• Re: Got dem ole lousy idle blues again,mama
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:25:28 -0400
  ...Air screw is turned all the way in,minus a hair, so the throttle plate can function. This new used exhaust is so hot...
• Re: Correct Throttle tension
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:59:08 -0500
  ...Change your throttle cable length to get full throttle use. Also helps to clean the dirt and sand out from under the pedal. (Mine...
• Re: Surging 1.9 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Resiolute
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 21:31:06 -0700
  ...it's buck naked right there...just the idle screw on the throttle..? Lyle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> To: "Resiolute...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:37:48 -0700
  ...RC also suggested I adjust my throttle position switches. On the '83 digijet there are two idle position switches. I definitely know that one...
• Re: "Thanks" + Throttle cable coupler? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:32:25 -0700
  ...Friday, October 03, 2008 4:37 PM > Subject: "Thanks" + Throttle cable coupler? (PIC) > > >> Hi all. >> >> First off, thanks for the help re: gas pedal...
• FW: cruise control install progress and
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Jan 1997 08:27:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...BUT....the vacuum system doesn't suck enough to pull the servo cable and work against the throttle springs. When I turn the system...
• 85 accelerator cable broken again
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:45:32 -0500
  ...I did give it nearly full throttle to speed up with the semis goin 80 so i could merge a little easier and the...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:13:08 -0700
  keep in mind there are two styles of 1.9 throttle body .. depending on which switch arrangement it has. it Susie's has a...
• Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:56:48 -0800
  my thoughts - be sure to check how well the ball pivot on the lever, at the aft end of the throttle cable pivots, on...
• Switch on the throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:52:15 EST
  ...I examined the operation of the throttle switch and found that the accelerator cable, because of the low temperatures of late, about twenty degrees...
• Re: Throttle switches
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:37:27 -0500
  ...They/it close at both closed throttle and WOT (Wide Open > Throttle); otherwise open. > > > >The throttle closed idle switch on mine is essentially out...
• Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 04:32:18 -0400
  ...It runs into two problems -- cam wear to some slight extent maybe, and the throttle plate shaft wandering around as the throttle body wears...
• Terpsicorian Shifter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 May 2002 17:40:59 -0500
  When I have a steady foot on the throttle pedal the engine runs smooth at speed. when I feather the throttle or back off...
• Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 23:19:45 -0400
  ...If the new parts include a throttle body then I agree no bending will be needed. If they don't, you'll just have...
• Throttle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 24 May 2014 20:19:57 -0400
  Any tips on a good way to adjust the length of the rod for the accelerator cable to the throttle linkage on an automatic...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:40:43 -0500
  At 11:48 1/12/00 , Karl Wolz wrote: >I'm assuming that the throttle switch is overriding something to produce a >full rich...
• throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:42:39 -0500
  Greetings everyone, I need a new throttle body housing, complete. Mine is worn inside and the butterfly valve is sticking. The part number 025133067A...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:46:36 -0600
  ...ECU and Throttle Question > At 06:24 8/4/2004, you wrote: > >I would agree up until you activate the full throttle position switch...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 29 May 2007 19:26:31 -0700
  ...Of > course, since the Digifant full throttle switch does double duty as > the "no > throttle" switch, it wouldn't work to just scab onto...
• '89 new to list--question regarding throttle delay off idle.
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 3 May 2005 10:25:59 -0700
  ...The problem is with my wife's '89 van (manual trans), which is experiencing a slight throttle delay when taking off from a dead...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:09:57 -0600
  ...I'll try to unplug the throttle switch and see what happens. What does the switch control anyway? I was also wondering where to...
• Throttle cable sticking open(automatic trans!!)
  Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:00:46 -0500
  ...I have only started it a couple times during this time, and lately the throttle cable has been sticking open. This is a newly...
• High idle - throttle position switch
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:54:46 -0400
  ...The digital ohmmeter reads 1 or 2 ohms in open + closed position when I connect a throttle position switch.I read somewhere that it...
• RE: 3 feet and as many hands
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 19 Dec 95 13:07:32 EST
  Peter DePaoli's mad puppeteer story reminds me of friends whose MGA broke its throttle-linkage far from home. They hooked up two strings...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Mon, 9 May 2016 21:04:10 -0400
  ...the 85 1.9 has the '2.1 style throttle switch' ...mounted on the underside of the throttle body. if the allen screw and...
• Re: Quick throttle body re-bush
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:39:09 -0700
  ...But in this situation, throttle shaft, I doubt that is a big concern. The stock seals are nothing to write home about. Mine were...
• Re: Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:46:53 -0400
  ...As it warms up it will stumble on throttle. Press throttle open - Baaaaaaaaah - nothing. Lift throttle, returns to idle, sputters a bit like it...
• CV grease
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:04:48 -0800
  ...Will > replace. > > So, for the throttle body - does anyone have a 1.9 throttle in good > condition, or know of one in a VA...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 09:38:39 -0700
  When checking the TPS with VOM (continuity at idle) is it worth disconnecting the accelerator cable to ensure throttle arm is resting against it...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:41:10 -0500
  ...The fuel system is Digifant. >> >> The throttle body lays transverse over the engine. From the Right hand >> side of the firewall, through a hole...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 27 May 2001 23:07:03 -0500
  ...Zero throttle- closed Half throttle- half butterfly WFO- Totally open butterfly. It's the AFM that fluctuates, depending on the call for juice from...
• Leaking diesel injector pump info needed
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:43:56 -0700
  ...But I was searching vanagon archives and couldn't find a definitive answer to whether or not the throttle bushing at the top of...
• Need injection pump throttle arm for Vanagon diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:34:23 EDT
  ...pump has a longer throttle arm with a bend to clear the engine cover. Does anybody have this arm or is there a simpler...
• Cold idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Holland
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:17:44 EDT
  When I first start my 90 Carat in the morning, it will sometimes refuse to idle without using the throttle pedal. This only happens...
• Re: Throttle cable help
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:50:13 -0400
  ...Mike Ed wrote: > Got in my 84 At this afternoon and had no throttle. Looked and the cable is loose at the engine. > What...
• Re: Why doesn't fuel shut off?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:19:31 -0400
  ...The only way the ECU knows if you are at close throttle or full throttle is AFM and engine speed. If you are running...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:48:24 -0800
  ...When there is partial throttle, keep the idle air flow at a moderate level to avoid shutting down the engine if the throttle is...
• Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:31 -0400
  ...The other connection through a much smaller orifice to the throttle body only opens the vacuum valve to allow this when the throttle plate...
• emergency hand throttle
  Historical mailing list - Ray G
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:31:09 +1000
  ...the throttle and the other beside the drivers seat......An automatic would be nice but ....Be assured your gear change, hand throttle co-ordination...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:02:49 -0500
  ...Set it so that you hear it actuate (click!) just as the throttle plate comes off its stop then make sure you hear it...
• Re: High noon at the Maryland emissions station
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:48:03 -0400
  ...From the late 85 , to a > 84 throttle ,with two throttle switches. I understand that this throttle has > a slightly smaller throat than the...
• Re: nuts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:48:30 -0600
  ...I > drove down the street thinking something must be up with right where the > pedal connects to the throttle cable. Lucky I was on...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:48:09 -0700
  Martin, if this is a FI engine you may have a problem with the throttle switch sticking. You can unplug the connector from the...
• Re: Throttle Switch Wear Was: Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 21:31:09 -0700
  Works on vacuum, so I believe is dependent on rpm. Pretty full IIRC. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jul 4, 2015...
• throttle position switch (modified)
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:46 -0400
  ...This appears to have the throttle position switch wires leading from it in the view given. Does anybody know if the adjusting mechanism is...
• Re: Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes...
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:36:15 -0400
  ...I had similar problems - my idle stabilizer wasn't buzzing and my throttle body was all gunked up from when my transmission seal blew...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:08:59 -0400
  ...Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?" 84 vanagon with 92 inline VW digifant motor and vanagon engine managment parts... I queried "what...
• Re: Got our new Throttle Body- going to the mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:55:44 -0400
  ...Got our new Throttle Body- going to the mechanic We put in our new ( rebuilt) throttle body today-- van still runs super rich. We...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:41:54 -0400
  ...He also explains why our throttle bodies are so worn out: the butterfly is used to control axial movement. He uses sealed ball bearings...
• Re: Failure to return to idle
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:16:19 -0600
  The easiest way to determine between a linkage/cable problem is to isolate or remove the cable from the throttle valve at the throttle...
• Re: cleaning engine upsets throttle body switch
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:53:31 -0500
  ...Good luck! Tim At 06:21 AM 2/17/2005 -0600, Warren Lail wrote: >I have not replaced the throttle body switch, but I...
• Replacement Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:43:21 -0400
  Replacement throttle body and Vacuum Switch Module.... http://www.vanistan.com/Vanistan/other_accessories.html Has anyone on list installed this product in their...
• My Van Idles Too Dern Fast
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 06:48:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...To refresh my > > Anywhay- ideas on the runaway train? Checked my auxillary air, > the idle screw is _all_ the way in, throttle cable slack...
• Outcome of the Throttle Switch Saga
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:39:00 -0500
  Thanks to all of you that responded to my query concerning the throttle valve switch on my 85 Westy. With your help, I was...
• Re: Idle Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:14:07 -0500
  ...Easy to check for continuity with the throttle at idle, or if you don't have a meter, put a jumper across the plug...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:32:56 +0000
  ...Martin At 07:49 22/02/00 -0800, John Schaper wrote: >I did something stupid that broke my throttle cable. With the rpm's...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block work with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:02:04 EST
  ...The throttle > valves are interchangeable for both plenums but the later throttle has a > larger opening for more power! > > If you are upgrading an...
• Re: Cruise control question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:32:16 -0500
  ...Check em.The vaccum is released when pedal is pressed.The throttle will release instantly,then.An open switch will not let the speed...