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• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 01:27:32 -0400
  ...If not, or maybe even first, make sure that your throttle is fully closing, and that the closed-throttle switch is set and operating...
• revving idle --> 83 westy gasser
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:09 -0800
  ...i've replaced (From a well running engine, or new at time)- both temp sensors, replaced and re-adjusted both throttle body position switches...
• Re: 1.9l-strange throttle response
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:43:37 -0500
  ...Long shot -- but if the throttle switch is stuck closed, the motor will run up to about 1500 rpm at which point the fuel...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 13:00:26 -0700
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering column, vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• 2.1L idles too high - I think I need a new throttle valve.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:20:56 -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: Fuel mixture too rich?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:51:52 -0400
  ...Also, you symptoms tell me the throttle switch is stuck closed or you reversed the wire connectors between the throttle switch and auxiliary air...
• 1987 High Idle
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 11:46:07 -0400
  ...I suspect that this means that I have a problem with the Idle Control Module or perhaps the throttle position switch. Any suggestions, other...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Tue, 24 Nov 2015 07:26:36 -0500
  ...I have tested the vacuum switches and vacuum throttle actuator and all are fine. The system will hold vacuum for hours. That said, is...
• Re: '85 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:27:06 -0400
  ...Pick me! Flooring a carbureted engine while cranking it will of course open the throttle wide and provide the greatest flow volume of air...
• Re: Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:26:31 -0800
  ...mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> I think that your Throttle Position switch is wet. I had this happen to me. For some reason the...
• Re: Throttle Stuck Wide Open Leaving Me Stranded in Boise Idaho
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:50:13 -0800
  ...for a last resort.........use the key as an 'on-off' switch..........you fire up, take off at 100 % throttle......get up to speed...
• Re: Rabbit idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:51:13 +0200
  ...It was only lit when I stood on the throttle, where the economy light would be lit of you ease off the throttle. After...
• Re: Bucking and Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:26:35 -0400
  ...throttle switch is suspect. Listen closely as you turn the throttle by hand. A quick click and then a click at full throttle is...
• 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...
• 87 Westi, Idle problems...
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:51:12 EDT
  ...I searched the archives and found that the usual suspects for this problem are throttle switch, O2 Sensor, TempII Sensor, Idle controller, and Idle...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:03:03 +0000
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• Re: Throttle position switch location
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:35:36 -0500
  That's Digijet, David...outdated technology. Hey, hey, just kidding! ;-) Digifant is 24.59...he's got a '90 or '91, I thought. -Karl...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:56:32 EDT
  ...Check the idle position switch. It is located under the throttle body. Test can be done several ways with engine off. I have found...
• FS: Blower motors, Non-Power Steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:11:18 EDT
  ...high beam lenses, steel wheels, calipers, grills, ignition switch, front wiper motor, horn, throttle switch, dashboard, glovebox, taillight, syncro cyclone air intake, plastic engine...
• Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:44:21 -0300
  ...The most obvious thing that springs to mind is that some '85s used the new-type closed-throttle/WOT single switch instead of the...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:01:46 -0800
  ...Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues? Neil, Was that throttle body and switch easy to disassemble and clean? Any reason I shouldn't attempt...
• Re: TenCentLife TPS experience??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:45:47 -0700
  ...and responds to that .........and that has to be far superior to depending on a mechanical switch .. considering that throttle bodies wear, that the...
• Re: Bypassed DIS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 May 2010 12:02:12 -0400
  ...It should click when you move >the throttle arm and switch off as you release it. If it does not work, you >need to...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 13:46:03 -0400
  Tyler, You didn't mention the idle/WOT switch at the throttle body. Is it known to be working properly? I would try driving...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:15:31 +0000
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• Low Idle w/A/C on 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:37:21 -0500
  ...is any "throttle kick up" valve or mechanism on the wasserboxer for the A/C, I assume the throttle position switch performs this function...
• Re: Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 07:28:45 -0400
  ...There is a throttle switch which enriches the mixture when the throttle is opened (like an accelerator pump on a carb). His switch is...
• '85 1.9L Stumbles Off Idle When Warm
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 09:39:27 EST
  ...ECU to a Bosch in the process), Temp II sensor and throttle switch adjustment -- again a big improvement. This fall I installed a new...
• Re: Running Without O2 Sensor Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:54:23 -0700
  ...When the full throttle switch is > activated the mixture will go rich for max power so that is not a > benefit. > Yeah, running "open...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:20:21 -0800
  ...on the throttle can >actually pull it by insuring that everything's tightened back there, and >that the system cutoff switches underneath the clutch...
• Re: Analog TPS fitted to a WBX throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:36:05 +0000
  ...Megasquirt (MS) uses a genuine >throttle position sensor... not the dinky little >idle/WOT switch we get. I need to replace the stock >switch...
• Dreaded Vanagon Sydrome
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Johnson
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:08:20 -0800
  ...Capistrano VW went ahead and replaced the idle stabilizer and the throttle position switch, but the very next day the symptoms returned. ------------------- Here's...
• Re: She's bucking...
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:54:02 -0700
  Idle cutoff switch setting? Rob Tippey <tippos@COX.NET> wrote: 1987 syncro I've changed all of the usual suspects, ECU, idle stabilizer and...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:00:13 -0600
  ...Could a bad throttle switch be the culprit here? never thought a bad switch would case this bad of issues, but what do I...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2020 17:59:16 -0700
  ...Maybe while "in there", replace the 2.1 throttle switch with some 1.9 throttle switches? And yes, I'm joking around about that...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:38:30 -0400
  After 5 days of torrential rain, I went to start my 2.1L WBX and it was no > go. Turned but wouldn't fire...
• Re: Digitool and Instrument Cluster LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 23:09:06 -0500
  > David, I would choose the "Throttle Switch" and "Fuel Pump Power" because > both of these have saved my bacon. -Larry Agreed. If you have...
• Re: Sudden weird problems and no-start
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:10:45 -0500
  ...Easy to check; with the engine off, open and close the throttle. If you hear the switch clicking there is a 93% chance that...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 20 May 2006 11:45:15 -0700
  ...i have replced the idle contol unit, > stabilizer, and i have tinkered with all grounds and throttle switch, > nothing has worked. when my idle...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:39:45 -0500
  What wonderful idea as compared to adding switches and other good stuff. Yep, just crack the throttle. I also do this on my Diesel...
• Re: I'm Lazy. (Fast idle when cold, sometimes)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:31:02 -0400
  ...The > > throttle is not binding and the idle switch is > > good. Only other idea I had was the idle air > > bypass, which I haven...
• Re: 2.1L throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:00:56 -0500
  Hi Chris, I have had plenty of offers for the throttle body, plus plenty of good advice on repairing my old unit. So I...
• Continuing saga of symptoms imitating vanagon syndrome--85 westy
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:04:18 -0700
  ...ignition switch,checked all over for vacuumn leaks, gapped throttel switch,put a new return spring on the throttle,cleaned out throttle,new air...
• Re: HELP - No idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:30:38 -0600
  ...I am told that the > throttle valve switch can cause a similar problem. I checked and > adjusted the switch per the Bentley but the...
• Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations-Bucking
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 17:43:38 -0400
  ...I have also done the Debbie cleaning fix and replaced the > > little switch under the throttle body. Is there anything else to do or...
• Re: Vanagon jerking in stop and go traffic
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:03:00 -0600
  ------------------ Hi Bruno, I would suspect the throttle switch adjustment. The switch should break with the slightest depression of the throttle. If it doesn't...
• Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:35:49 -0400
  ...I dunno about the later vans, but on my '85, if the ECU doesn't get the "throttle is closed" signal from this switch...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:34:21 -0600
  Yeah, it was pretty gneiss. But your remarks, my friend, are pure eustacy. You're mafic me crazy. On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:04:59 -0600
  > Exactly -- is the ECU a mysterious black box? 0r is there a description > of how it makes its decisions anywhere? Mike: It is a...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 21:01:13 -0700
  ...Be certain to check the adjustment of the throttle switches (specifically, the idle stop switch) prior to replacing your idle stabilizer. Additionally, this problem...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:01:42 -0800
  ...What wonderful idea as compared to adding switches and other good stuff. > Yep, just crack the throttle. I also do this on my Diesel...
• Re: What Do I Put In The Sugject Line?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 May 2011 19:28:54 -0700
  ...and all 86 and up 2.1' have a larger throttle plate in their throttle body with the switch hidden on the bottom. the...
• Re: Idle problem/digitool readings
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:44:59 -0700
  Throttle position switch is bad. I'll let you know if that's the only problem as soon as I get it replaced. If...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 15:36:14 -0500
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are > vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering column, > vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Re: Houston, we have a problem.......!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:40:18 -0500
  ...With engine off, I checked throttle operation and it is > perfect. I can hear the switch clicking appropriately. Connections tight, > no slipped throttle cable...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:26:55 -0700
  ...CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc. > > On 6/26/2012 6:23 PM, neil n wrote: >> The TB seal may...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 May 2016 18:53:25 -0500
  ...Check and adjust my throttle switch regularly, because regularly its adjustment needs tweaking. Its easy to do, and means a lot. In my case...
• FrontFire?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 14 May 2006 12:15:34 -0700
  ...Pretty sure the throttle closed switch is correctly adjusted, timing is good, etc. The latest thing that has me worried is a bizare "clunk...
• Re: decelerator switch?Re: Clutch Problems?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:29:49 -0800
  ...and after the long throttle-closed over-run period, the van surges a little when the idle cut-off switch returns to 'Run'. Adjustments...
• Re: Throttle position switch cam was: Cold Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:03:35 EDT
  ...will buy 10 or so, the next time I sell a switch I will sell the cam and washer with it. I'll let...