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• Re: Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:26:31 -0700
  ...I just fixed the later sytle 1.9 throttle body and switch for that. Had to remove it from the engine to do that...
• Re: Dreaded Vanagon Sydrome
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:20:46 -0500
  ...VW went ahead and replaced the >idle stabilizer and the throttle position switch, >but the very next day the symptoms returned. > >------------------- >Here's what...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:06:42 -0800
  ...Ran >> through the >> > tests, checks and adjustments to find my Throttle Position >> Switch not >> > closing when the throttle closed. First checked via human ear...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:45:44 -0500
  ...I recently changed the throttle body from a late type, to the early 2 switch type. I used the origional early throttle body vaccum...
• 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: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Tue, 29 May 2001 17:04:27 -0400
  Tim, I'd check the idle and full throttle switches. Also the injectors for leaks. (A leaky injector might be draining gas into the...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:34:21 -0700
  I saw on the intertubewebnet thing a youtube vid where a guy made a smoker out of lidded paint can, some fitting and hose...
• Re: Just replaced the throttle switch and am having drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 06:49:02 -0700
  Roger Sisler wrote: >>Well, i just replaced the o2 sensor and the problems are the same.<< >>snip<< I have not been following this thread...
• Re: loud trans clanging in reverse and first
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:14:37 -0600
  ...Mark McCulley suggested throttle switches: maybe the idle throttle switch is misbehaving and telling it to go to idle fuel cuttoff at RPMs higher...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle. Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:49:48 -0400
  ...coil and an underneath throttle switch...(I think..on the inline VW motor the switch is 'concealed' below the throttle body... I am first...
• Well, I chickened out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:50:28 -0700
  ...the manual fan switches and about a third of the way up the hill (after apx. 5min at 95%-100% throttle, third gear, 35mph...
• Re: Fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:13:02 +0000
  ...The digitool has an LED which indicates when the throttle switch has been tripped. That happens when the throttle is completely open, or completely...
• Re: Quick throttle body re-bush
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:07:43 -0600
  I was expect the plastic seals to work fine for the life of the throttle shaft. As you point out, Alu & steel is not...
• No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:53:13 -0400
  ...All looking good. - Timing good - Temp II sensor tested good - Throttle switches work fine - tested. - Idle control valve buzzes - O2 heated sensor produces voltage...
• Pulsating Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:11:56 -0500
  ...Checked and adjusted the throttle valve switch Checked an adjusted ignition timing New airfilter Fuel pressure ok. Checked for false air leaks Control valve...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:35:46 -0700
  ...Sure would be nice if you had another throttle body or two to try. One of my vans did that whistle thing. It was...
• 84 Still dying!
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:27:31 -0700
  ...replaced AFM with a new one (possibly rebuilt?) (10/01) - replaced throttle switches (both of them, 10/01) - new fuel filter (7/01) - new...
• Electrical genuis-es here is one for you..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:09:34 -0800
  ...if I 'drop-throttle and coast down..but I think that is a secondary problem with a throttle control switch...) I have found, by...
• 1.9 runs better with 02 sensor disconnected-kinda long cause I need to ventialte
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:48:02 -0800
  ...By the way, the throttle switches work fine. The switch clicks on when at idle ok, and at full throttle.There is no adjustment...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:36:15 -0500
  ...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: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:27:35 -0700
  ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGAgefVyQY ) affecting ability > to > > get an accurate throttle valve switch setting, but the way I have the > > switch...
• Re: intermittant misfire
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:52:08 -0400
  ...i'd suspect an electrical problem, something like the idle stabilizer or throttle position switches or the rotor/distributor .... which brings to mind that...
• Re: black smoke + more
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:12:57 -0400
  ...to find one) and idle switch (the little switch > on the throttle body). I've checked this switch and it seems ok, but I...
• Re: Continuing saga of symptoms imitating Vanagon syndrome--85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:11:51 -0400
  ...ignition switch,checked all over for vacuumn leaks, gapped throttel switch,put a new return spring on the throttle,cleaned out throttle,new air...
• Erratic Idle
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 07:34:54 -0800
  ...Any suggestions on how to diagnose or correct? Might it be as simple as adjusting the throttle position switch?
• Re: Sudden High idle
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:39:34 +0000
  Throttle switch adjustment. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From: The Shaws <mindthegap01@COMCAST.NET> >Reply-To...
• Re: Bucking and Stalling
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:49:36 -0500
  ...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: Trottle body switch- What is it for?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:15:24 -0800
  ...There may be more than one switch on the throttle body. Most Euro (Bosch and others) have a switch to signal the computer (ECU...
• Re: New Starter...Solenoid Hanging Up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:10:54 -0400
  ...I can get the starter to disengage when I start by blipping the throttle and switching the ignition on and off quickly. Jumped the...
• Re: 1.9 l question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 15 May 2001 10:21:41 EDT
  ...Oh boy, check the vacuum lines -- especially to the fuel pressure regulator, adjust the throttle position switch (or switches -- I think '84's came...
• Re: A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:41:37 -0700
  ...Maybe if the throttle cable is removed from the pin it will pull right out? Stranger things can happen. The throttle cable passes through...
• Vanagain Rant/New Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:04:03 EDT
  ...Replaced the intake runner boots, Replaced the throttle body seal, Replaced and adjusted the throttle position switch, and Replaced the fuel injector seals (did...
• Re: WOT switch and digitool O2 decipher Qs
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:38:18 -0800
  The full throttle switch at WOT bypasses the O2 sensor signal and goes to the preset ( supposed to be) slightly rich AFM base signal...
• Real starter problem solved, wiring harness needed - Short Version
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:57:41 -0400
  ...I now need the main wiring harness that runs along the front of the engine compartment to the idle stabilizer, throttle switch, injectors and...
• Re: Surging idle on '87 2.1
  Historical mailing list - vwwoody
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 23:58:05 -0500
  ...He may have messed up the throttle body > switch. Any thoughts on what to check? I will hook up a vacuum guage and > look...
• Re: mail order parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:48:13 -0500
  ...Vanagon? > > I need a Temp II sensor, O2 sensor, and throttle > control switch... and I live in rural Alaska so I'm > sure to...
• Re: bucking at 2K rpm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:40:20 -0800
  ...can't imagine it's throttle switch since you're not at idle or at WOT when it does it. something weird with oxygen...
• Re: SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:39:23 -0500
  ...plugs and the spark plugs wires. > - Clean the throttle body. > - Adjust the throttle body switch. > > and maybe... > - replace the Temp2 sensor at the thermostat...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:24:09 -0700
  ...coil and an underneath throttle switch...(I think..on the inline VW motor the switch is 'concealed' below the throttle body... I am first...
• Idle Air Control Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:12:52 -0800
  ...adjusted lower... *things done:* - clean and check throttle body - replace and adjust the TPS (throttle body switch) - replace the temp2 sensor - replace oxygen sensor...
• Re: Pulsing idle UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:04:29 -0500
  ...located in front of, and below the coil. >- Disconnect the idle throttle switch or lower idle RPM This only masks the problem. The real...
• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Vince So
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:07:30 -0700
  ...the vehicle still going full throttle when he hit the brake moments before the accident... My OEM one switches off on either padel. Vince...
• Vanagon Syndrome cont...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:06:04 -0700
  ...fast idle ECU contacts/wiring-OK O2 sensor-OK (new) throttle valve switch-OK but I do not have a feeler gauge that small...
• Low idle
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:42:32 -0400
  ...throttle body since every thing came apart and was put back together? BTW this is a 85 1.9L with the to throttle switches...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:44:32 -0800
  ...power loss and surging issue, > > > >>> I thought to look toward the throttle switches. > > > >>> Here's what we found: > > > >>> > > > >>> do you see it? Image > > > >>> > > > >>> http...
• FW: sudden fast idling
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:22:48 -0400
  ...Doesn't seem to be a stuck throttle. When started without touching the gas pedal it idles normally, 950 rpm, but once you have...
• Re: Dreaded Vanagon Sydrome
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:36:45 -0800
  ...VW went ahead and replaced the > idle stabilizer and the throttle position switch, > but the very next day the symptoms returned. > > ------------------- > Here's what...
• Cold Idle Diagnosis (1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:46:22 -0700
  ...Test the throttle-closed switch. It should be closed when the throttle is closed, but open with just the slightest bit of throttle. 8...
• Intermittent smoke after stop signal wait...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:21:58 -0700
  ...I am guessing it may be a faulty throttle switch that sometimes goes to 'full rich' for whatever reason. By intermittent I mean....When...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:19:26 -0400
  ...The throttle switch is very easy to check, is available. Even if you can�t get the assembly the micro-switch itself is available...
• Re: Poor Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:44:51 -0700
  ...city driving. > I know what it is too---the throttle positioning switch--have to take > time, rip it out and replace it (Later model...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:41:44 -0800
  I'd say, in your case, the chances are 100%! -Dick- On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Kevin Duvernay <kduvey@gmail...
• Re: Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 09:45:05 -0500
  Vacumn Switching Module A vevery cool device! It a device made by Chris Corkin - otherwise known as tencentife on The Samba Here's a...
• bucking/stumbling, etc. - 91 2.1 WBX Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:10:14 -0500
  ...kill switch for a brief moment. The episodes started slowly then increase as the miles ran on. It ran fine under full throttle. It...
• Re: Loss of power while underway, second occurrence
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:35:47 -0600
  ...Both (if the throttle switch is working at full throttle) will reset (bypass) the O2 sensor. If either make the problem go away for...
• Vanagon Syndrome Solved, finally!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:04:28 -0700
  ...Then I removed the throttle body to check the throttle switch (again) and noticed sometimes the continuity was not 100% every time. A new...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:12:23 -0700
  ...ideas. > Re your other post, it has no idea whether the throttle switch is > closed or not, it's connected between the Hall generator...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:28:50 -0700
  ...That also means he has two throttle position > switches, one closed throttle and one full throttle. Misadjusted closed > switch will give bucking when crusing...
• Re: Digijet Distributor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:07:23 -0400
  ...I have the late, as I also have the single throttle switch set up. I may have the advance/retard ports confused. If the...
• Re: digijet FI adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:32:19 -0400
  ...Check throttle plate adjustment. Adjust stop screw so it does not stick closed. Idle air goes through bypass screw. Check operation of throttle switch...