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• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:22:22 -0600
  I had mine replaced on the first big checkup after I bought the Vanagon and drove it home last April. Verner (in Boulder) said...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:21:02 EDT
  ...some wagering on this! I will put a dollar on the idle stabilizer as the culprit. What do you say? >> While I know that...
• Re: idle issues..for 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:44:04 -0500
  ...up? With an '85 you *should* have a Digijet, and the idle stabilizer is a little green or black box plugged into the circuit...
• Re: emission failure, HC 229 @ idle (ok @ 2500 rpm)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:03:54 -0400
  ...Yes this is above the idle stabilizer attempted 800-850. The extra air will reduce the HC significantly. As the vans get older, the...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 06:30:49 EST
  ...Are you thinking the idle switch could be bad? <<How's your idle stabilizer valve and relay? The relay's behind the pass. side...
• Re: Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:35:21 -0600
  ...Are you sure you aren't looking at the AIC (auxillary idle control) valve? It's also called the idle stabilizer in vw parlance...
• Re: Excessive Idle
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:40:14 -0700
  At 02:48 PM 10/13/2002, you wrote: >As for the idle stabilizer valve, if I disconnect it with the engine >warm then...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - -------------------------
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:47:08 -0500
  ...jon wrote: >All of the vanagons I have seen have the ECU under the rear seat, and the >idle stabilizer behind the tail light...
• Re: need digital idle stabilizer transistor pn#/relays ...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 01:40:00 EST
  ...I traced this to the Idle Control Module located forward of the right/rear taillight. The dealer said list was $208. I called several...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:25:29 -0400
  ...In my hands the other day were >>>>>both 2 and 3 wire idle stabilizers. I don't have time to piss around >>>>>correcting >>>>>all...
• cranky but no starty
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:39:13 -0800
  ...seconds after turning on the ignition), ignition (no spark), and the idle stabilizer valve (not vibrating). I swapped the 2 relays in the black...
• Re: Idle stabilizer 85 van
  Historical mailing list - Hans Vanhethoen
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 07:14:48 -0400
  This is what I had to do to get the van to restart sometimes . I went all over the engine compartment and the rest...
• Re: Idle update/More bullshit.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:28:36 -0800
  ...6:07 AM, "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote: > Speaking of Idle Stabilizer Control Valves, in a message dated 1/22/03 > 6:54...
• FIXED runs well for a minute or two
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:27:36 -0600
  ...Supposedly the idle stabilizer is cut out of > the circuit when the engine warms up, but if there is a fault in the > idle...
• Idle problems, '84
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:07:40 -0700
  ...I disconnected the idle stabilizer and it made no difference. tried a different airflow meter and that didn't help. I had a couple...
• no power;stalls
  Historical mailing list - Monk Bill
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 21:47:12 EDT
  ...So far I have metered the coil seems ok and plugged the idle stabilizer end together no change. I redid all grounds and checked...
• Re: Soak Idle valve in carb. cleaner ...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:41:48 -0600
  ...And how it works, what makes it operate? > Anyone? > Zoltan > Looked in the archives. > > > Idle Stabilizer Valve (ISV) - when working properly, it'supposed to...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control unit repair?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:43:59 -0800
  ...Still had the 1800-2200RPM hot idle. ISV checked ok and was clean. Opened my OEM CU and looked for burnt components..... nada. Spent...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:56:29 -0700
  ...I suspect that your irregular idle is a function of a failing/failed idle stabilizer. Jim > > Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:34:19...
• Re: 86' stalling/mechanic problems
  Historical mailing list - DAVID T. RICHARDS
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:42:29 -0500
  ...and new idle stabilizer. > Recently i took the van back in because of the following: > with the ac on, the idle is very high...
• Re: Bypassed DIS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 May 2010 10:19:55 -0400
  ...you put one in -- unless the idle has been set high to compensate for lack of the stabilizer. Yours, David ps -- do please tell...
• idle stabilizer valve control unit
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 11:07:26 -0800
  Can someone on the list confirm that I must remove the right tailight on a 1987 westy to replace the ISV relay. Do I...
• Re: It's time to hit that idle Stabilizer on the head!!!
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:58:38 -0700
  Very interesting. I've never seen an ISCU with any other failure than the high current transistors. I have seen a rare case where...
• Re: It's time to hit that idle Stabilizer on the head!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 21:37:55 -0700
  > > I've not seen the C model, so that's quite interesting. As I recall from stumping around the euro ETKA, the A and...
• Re: 4000 RPM idle Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:55:11 -0500
  When that happened to our '88 about 2 years ago it was the idle stabilizer control unit (the one behind the right tailight). I...
• Re: Engine lopes at idle
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:23:16 -0500
  ...pottsfamily.ca Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > don't people have an idle stabilizer or two they picked up for almost > nothing in pick-n...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:26:34 -0800
  ...Where is the idle control module and stabilizer valve? Thanks again! -chris On 2/14/07, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote: > > Chris, > The...
• idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:19:46 -0500
  ...cleaner, AFM, throttle body, possibly remove some other wires like the idle stabilizer, and then the switch is underneath. (Why the hell didn't...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:39:53 EST
  ...I have both the idle stabilizer valve (PN 025 906 457A) and the idle Control Unit (PN 251 907 393D) available for $240 each...
• Re: 87GL, Cold Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 11:37:21 MDT
  ...If it is the idle stabilizer valve, just unplugging it may not work. Mine went bad a couple of weeks ago just before I...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:54:04 -0700
  ...Free, too. >>> >>> Start by setting the timing, with the idle stabilizer bypassed, to >>> 10* ATDC, >>> hoses attached, 950 rpm. You should be able to...
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Wed, 8 May 2002 19:04:26 -0700
  ...temp 2 sensor-6 months old idle stabilizer- 7 m. o. just replaced both fuel filters since the pump was making more than usual...
• Re: Weird electricals
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 4 May 1999 23:18:00 -0400
  ...I should also mention that last week I also had a problem with the idle stabilizer, but that problem seemed to right itself when...
• Power boost with the 251-907-393D Idle Stabilizer Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:29:46 -0700
  I was doing some reading on the unit with the "D" and it includes a power boost when the A/C is on where...
• Re: Timing and hot starts (not)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:56:54 -0400
  ...In any case your idle stabilizer module should be adjusting timing on the fly to keep idle rpm to the specified 750 (Federal) or...
• Re: Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:50:24 -0800
  ...Is anyone currently experimenting with, developing, playing > with, an alternative to the VW idle stabilizer control? Using google images for a Vanagon and VW...
• Rough idle,Hesitation,and Backfire
  Historical mailing list - John Mahnken
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:25:29 -0400
  ...I have new plugs,cap,rotor,checked and cleaned all grounds,replaced fuel filter.Also new is temp2 sensor,idle stabilizer,air filter,and...
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:02:26 -0700
  Isn't the IS system supposed to more or less keep the idle around 900 RPM when the AC load hits it? I don...
• '88 stalls when cold
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:38:15 PDT
  ...The idle is quite steady so I think the idle stabilizer is ok, it only seems to stall if pushing the clutch in at...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon GL tintop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:27:12 -0600
  ...In this cae yo also want to work in some sequence. > Without the idle stabilizer get it to run and idle 700-900 rpm...
• Re: UPDATE - Won't idle but getting combustion-'88 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:13:00 -0700
  ...and lubed Throttle body > Checked and cleaned Idle Stabilizer valve. > Checked for corrosion at Idle Stabilizer Control Unit - none found > Cleaned and replaced (as...
• Re: Digijet Timing Marks
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Tue, 1 May 2001 10:26:07 -0400
  ...I did not disconnect the > vacuum lines when setting the timing and had the idle stabilizer by-passed > as the Bentley shows. > I also...
• Re: Poor idle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 May 95 11:20:13 PDT
  ...I'm now suspecting the idle stabilizer. I bypassed it per Bently and it runs worse without it. I'm not sure what that...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:41 -0800
  Yes, disconnect the O2 sensor AND the idle stabilizer. That might get you in the ballpark. The only *real* way to adjust that screw...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:39:47 +0000
  ...GL Driver > > Mike Stainbrook wrote: > > trying to remove connections from the idle stabilizer,squeeze to release,I > > can't get them to release. so...
• idle stabilizer module problem - solution
  Historical mailing list - Bjorn Ratjen
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:30:01 -0700
  ...replace a transistor in the idle control unit (behind right taillight) remove right taillight, pull black box on fender up and out (like a...
• Re: 2.1 Electronic Idle Control valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:12:08 -0500
  ...2.1 Electronic Idle Control valve >Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 01:26:31 -0600 > >Doesn't the Stabilizer control come into play when...
• Re: '87 GL High Idle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Mar 1997 23:59:02 PST
  ...Since the ABV (air bypass valve aka control valve for idle stabilizer) is common to both check it first. During high idle unplug it...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:53:59 -0800
  ...Where is the idle control module and stabilizer valve? > > > > Thanks again! > > > > -chris > > > > > > > > >
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:03:41 -0400
  ...It's screwed onto the left firewall just forward (aft?) of the idle stabilizer module. Yours, David
• 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: Idle stabilizer for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:19:24 -0500
  ...I used both on my '84 Westy (Cal-spec, originally bought in Michigan and delivered in Germany) and they really did make the idle...
• Re: WARM/HOT START PROBLEM
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:16:24 -0400
  ...Until this new problem started, I was having problem with fast idle after warm-up and have idle stabilizer and aux.. air regulator on...
• Re: '90 GL fuel/throttle problems?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Fri, 19 May 2000 10:28:55 -0400
  ...I'm going to look at the idle stabilizer as I know that they can have problems. Only happens on mine after extended high...
• Re: Coolant Bleed Success Yesterday...Today...'85 Surging Idle.AHH!
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:43:16 -0400
  ...be somewhere in between the vacuum advance and the idle stabilizer, or between the stabilizer and the manifiold... But this is only a guess...
• ignition? injection?
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 19:54:36 -0500
  ...This afternoon I checked the resistance on the coil, and the cable from coil to distributor, and the voltage on the Idle stabilizer control...
• Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:40:14 -0600
  Not unusual to need to run the engine faster on a cold start ----- if the idle stabilizer system is not working properly. However, to...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:34:37 -0500
  At 02:12 AM 1/10/2002, Blake Thornton wrote: >Ok, so what is the job of the ignition module? Why does it need...
• ISV questions (updates and clarifications)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:52:47 EST
  ...When I pull the yellow idle stabilizer control valve connector (that is located sort of above the thermostat housing) apart the idle drops to...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 13 May 2016 11:47:26 -0400
  ...of what I haven't done: > > Hall Sensor.. > Coil.. > Fuel Injectors.. > Idle Stabilizer Module.. > > I know that I need to adjust the throttle body...