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• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:37:08 -0400
  ...I replaced gaskets and rebuilt the > throttle body, chased a lot of things but the whistle was still there. > Finally after changing the throttle...
• Re: '88 lurching at 2500-3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 20:21:27 -0500
  ...Accelerate to a little over 3000 & it >would mostly go away. >It seems to be related to part throttle power delivery - ie: 3/4...
• Re: 1.9 idle woes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:26:39 -0500
  ...Switch should close at closed throttle and full throttle (if there are two switches, one closes at idle and the other at full, but...
• Re: Sticky Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:43:29 -0300
  ...I suspect worn throttle bushings? or misplaced throttle "butterfly" sticking in the throttle body? My theory: as soon as it opens a little, it...
• Re: A throttle puzzle Pictures of Insatll on Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:08:54 -0700
  ...I don't know what the differences are in the throttle body itself between your '84 and my '87 but perhaps it may be...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:43 -0400
  ...But yes, there has to be enough slack/easy enough operation of the throttle cable for the throttle to close against the stop even...
• Re: High idle again
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:56:17 -0800
  I don't know on the 87, but on the 83 there is a throttle position switch on the throttle body that tells the...
• Re: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:03:08 -0400
  ...If the sensor isn't causing the problem itself, it's doing its best to cover it up or confuse it. > Adjusted throttle switch...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:41:21 -0400
  ...I was going to pull the throttle >body and give it a good cleaning and adjustment this weekend. I suspect >that the throttle never...
• Throttle body switch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 20:27:45 -0500
  ...Anyway, throttle switch back on throttle body, and adjusted right on. Everything is tight, no play. Should go right back in the engine tomorrow...
• Re: High Idle Speed Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 21:48:25 -0500
  ...The problem ended up being a defective throttle switch which could not be adjusted to get the correct switching point gap. The routine for...
• Re: Continuing saga of symptoms imitating vanagon syndrome--85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:55:23 -0500
  << gapped throttle switch>> What did you set the initial gap at the throttle stop at? When you adjusted the TPS switch what was the...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:20:40 -0400
  ...Mike Mike Collum wrote: > Obviously, I haven't done this but ... > > It would seem that you could use the full throttle position switch > hooked...
• Re: Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:30:02 -0700
  ...Digifane without Throttle Position switch??? > scott, > > do you ever check the urls you post? > > its a parked domain. > > I know that tencentlife on the...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:50:29 EDT
  ...He also explains why our throttle bodies are so worn out: the butterfly is used to control axial movement. He uses sealed ball bearings...
• 84 Vanagon idles up and down part two
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 22:07:40 -0800
  ...I'm like obsessed with this thing.There is some kind of sensor on the throttle for when the throttle is shut(idling)If...
• How do you hold throttle while purging coolant ?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:34:25 EST
  ...Mine is stock 1.9 l .I would love to hear some good ideas for holding the throttle partly open during this process. Whats...
• Throttle Stuck
  Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:43:03 -0400
  ...Now my new problem is my gas pedal/throttle is sticking on my 91 Carat...almost like it is on cruise control....Could anyone...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:06:18 -0600
  ...any throttled engine consumes power just running itself by virtue of the effort required to "suck" air past a partially closed throttle. Called pumping...
• Re: throttle position switch (modified)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 08:51:05 EDT
  Ed and list, The adjustment cam slides in through the bottom plate of the throttle body. If you pull the throttle body (not as...
• Re: 1987 VAN IDLE
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:39:59 -0400
  I would check your throttle position switch first as this can be sensitive to heat if it is just barely out of adjustment. The...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 07:31:08 -0600
  ...However, I've checked the throttle cable & > what it attaches to and everything seems to be travelling smoothly. > > Annoyingly, I can't replicate this...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:20:30 -0800
  ...https://www.gowesty.com/product/-/24166/mechanical-throttle-position-switch-tps-for-digifant?v= Neil. On 1/13/21, David Boan <dboan@outlook.com...
• Tiico fuel rail spewing solved
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:10:56 EDT
  ...The throttle-body housing was making too much contact with the fuel rail, which put pressure on it and made it leak. I took...
• Re: A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:01:23 -0700
  ...A throttle puzzle > This is part of my ongoing saga about installing the Audiovox cruise > control. I'm trying to find an elegant way...
• Throttle switch; Valve Float
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 17:18:18 PDT
  ...is there anyone who can convince me that the full throttle switch actually does something? DC Bentley says that the full throttle switch tells...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:38:11 -0700
  ...You absolutely need a > throttle position switch. > > Mike > > > >
• Re: A throttle puzzle Pictures of Insatll on Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:44:21 -0700
  ...Nice work. > > I considered drilling a hole in the throttle arm to affix the servo > cable in exactly the same spot you drilled yours. > >
• Re: 2.1L idles too high - I think I need a new throttle valve.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:14:04 -0400
  ...The throttle valve butterfly >itself seems a little worn, I can move it up and down a little and when it >is up, the...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:44:23 -0800
  ...One cause of the hunting idle can be a sticking throttle switch. The throttle switch is supposed to sense two conditions: idle and wide...
• 85 Digijet throttle switches -- information please
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Hamilton
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:21:40 -0400
  ...I found that the full-throttle enrichment and idle switches aren't making contact, and I can't get them to make contact at...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:53:25 -0800
  ...It has some wear,and the > throttle shaft is off vertical about .004. This causes a throttle switch > adjustment of .002-004 only sometimes...
• Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:53:19 -0400
  ...I am thinking that the throttle valve switch is a possible culprit. My question now is what is "full throttle"? If the switch is...
• Re: FW: Idle Control Issues
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:13:12 -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: Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 12:18:53 -0500
  ...Note that the EGR does get bypassed at full throttle. One more reason to not keep throttle floored for long period of time. Dennis.
• Re: throttle valve cable spring installation
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:07:20 -0400
  ...throttle valve cable spring installation > Sounds like you got an automatic transmission. > Sounds like to PO put the wrong spring back on. > They aren...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:59:00 PST
  >3.) reset the switches on the throttle body. I recently had the tranny >out for a rebuild, and I had not adjusted the accelerator...
• Re: 2.1L idles too high - I think I need a new throttle valve.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:11:37 -0700
  ...I corrected the closed throttle switch not engaging, set the timing to stock values, checked the TEMP II sender (OK). The throttle valve butterfly...
• Re: throttle valve cable spring installation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:26:08 -0500
  ...The difference is that the Manual Tranny models just lock down under the throttle body lever. The automatics pass though the throttle body lever...
• Re: throttle valve switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:19:12 -0700
  My 84 1.9l has two throttle switches. -- Hoping the spirit of John Wallace is with you, I remain Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Nov 2000 - Special issue (#2000-343)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:13:41 -0700
  ...rebuilding throttle body > > Anyone had any luck rebuilding a worn out (bushings) throttle body? What > kind of shop would do this type of work...
• Need factory cruise vacuum unit and linkage for throttle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 08:25:14 -0400
  ...the air intake and the linkage piece that goes to the throttle (looks kind of like a silver ladder with most of the rungs...
• Freezing throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 07:41:38 -0600
  All, My 91 GL has not been getting much use in the past couple of months here in CT due to a freezing throttle...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:27:42 -0700
  ...Wiring in an LED is a bad idea. >> >> Shunting an LED directly into TVS circuit ..... >> > > TVS? Anyway, a) a worn throttle body may very...
• Re: Idle switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 13:54:50 -0500
  ...This switch is located > under the throttle rather than above the throttle body as shown in the > Bentley Manual. There are no switches on...
• Re: Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:53:48 -0800
  ...as for the throttle response, it could be a lot of things, but I'd check the throttle position switch first. Most years have...
• Re: A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:44:55 -0400
  ...he has a 4 speed and you have an automatic. >> >>On the 4 speed, the bolt goes into a threaded sleeve that the throttle...
• Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 15 May 2005 08:25:20 -0500
  ...I think that the throttle plate itself > is worn and > sticks, and this sometimes keeps the switch from opening and closing > properly. I am...
• idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:19:46 -0500
  I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i.e. it...
• Re: Throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:29:12 +0200
  ...Like mine, maybe your system is also feeding excess air past your throttle body which means one or both of 2 things are faulty...
• Re: High idle
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:23:34 -0700
  Throttle cable / pedal / stuck-sticky butterfly on Throttle body. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 19, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Grant Johnson <smiley...
• Trottle Body Replacement
  Historical mailing list - John M. Moore
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:46:38 EST
  ...My local mechanic, who shall remain unnamed, feels that my throttle body needs replacement, and that will solve the low speed surging problem. Why...
• Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:16:22 -0400
  As an attempt to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my throttle valve housing (I've done everything else I could...
• Re: Closed Idle Switch / Fuel Line Warning (again)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 09:31:49 -0600
  I didn't go the .004 on the closed throttle switch, it was too unreliable at that gap. I have it set with a...
• Re: Throttle Microswitches
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 09:41:11 EDT
  ...Interesting note speaking of idle stop gap : -If too large engine will surge when throttled lightly. -If too small cold engine will stall out...
• First, apologies
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:11:41 -0700
  ...remove the air filter / intake stuff until everything is clear to the right of the throttle body, disconnect everything you need to from the...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:45:20 -0700
  ...Throttle body question-Throttle switch! No, seems I was right the first time. Checked the website, says it works on all wbx from 85...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:22:30 -0800
  ...attachments) For those just dying to see the pic of my throttle switch opened up, here it is: https://tinyurl.com/yyprv9pe Neil. On...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal (accelerator cableauto transmission)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:21:02 -0500
  Birkenfeld Jeff wrote: > The transmission linkage then controls the throttle > body giving you acceleration. Once completed, adjustment may be necessary > to give proper shift...
• Re: Throttle Body Problems
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:50:13 +0100
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > > What would cause a throttle body to go bad (dirt coming past the filter?)? Isn't there a small potentiometer...