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• Re: '81 air-cooled engine stall (increase idle speed)
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:46:51 -0700
  ...It's fine if I > > > keep the idle speed up a little with my foot on the accelerator. And > > while > > > moving there's a...
• Re: I'm Lazy. (Fast idle when cold, sometimes)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:31:02 -0400
  ...Also when I unplug idle air bypass, idle speed goes down so it's definitely related to the idle circuit! Is this what's...
• Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:52:53 -0700
  > when I unplug the wire to the idle air bypass valve, > the idle speed returns to normal Well, sounds like you've narrowed the...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabiliser Controller)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:29:36 -0600
  ...Before you start doing all kinds of other checking, first be sure your idle speed is correct with the engine warm and the ISV...
• Re: go to this link for pic- throttle spring adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 22:13:33 -0600
  ...John Rodgers "88 GL Driver Peter wrote: > Hi John, > Thanks for your response! How did you adjust the idle speed? Is > there a screw...
• Re: Weird "idle" problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:34:52 -0400
  ...I've never tested a different idle speed controller, but even if this is not correct behavior of my idle controller it still shows...
• Increase idle speed for air comditioner?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:59:40 -0700
  ...Is there a way to increase the idle electrically when activating the air? I've read of the power steering idle increase, how is...
• idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:27:03 -0400
  ...screw that stops the mechanism from returning all the way)? And what is the proper idle speed for a 2.1L Waterboxer Thanks john
• Re: ISC troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:23:16 -0800
  ...perhaps determined by TEMP2 ?) set IDLE SPEED to 850 if (Power Steering input 12v) then set IDLE SPEED to (something, 1100 or so?) if...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:32:34 -0800
  ...Z --- Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@invista.com> wrote: > > Yes, idle speed is initially set by the screw, but > it is controlled by...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:51:14 -0500
  ...Bad Idle Stabilizer? >> >>The 10 to 15 BTDC came from your fast idle speed. Anything faster than >>idle will take out the vacuum retard...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Jan 2017 19:50:36 -0800
  ...The idle controller looks at engine speed, temperature, and those other inputs and then modulates the valve to get to the desired speed. The...
• Re: 88 GL - Idle Stabilizer System - Was Distributor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Jan 2014 08:46:55 -0500
  ...a warmup - idles delightfully around 800/900 rpm. When I do a cold start with the ISV connected - the engine over speeds. Not good...
• Re: High Idle, Setting the timing
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:38:56 -0800
  At 11:20 PM -0600 1/28/02, John Rodgers wrote: > >This little gizmo MUST be disconnected when you set the idle speed >adjustment...
• Re: Help! High Idle speed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:08:15 -0400
  ...When engine is fully warmed up, idle speed is about 1400 rpm with auto transmission in "Park" I have decided to live with the...
• Re: random high idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:12:41 -0500
  ...Then with the engine warm, and the idle stabilizer valve disconnected, re-set your idle speed. Let the engine get cold, reconnect the ISV...
• Re: 86 vanagon high idle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 06:14:27 -0500
  ...Unplug the valve, if the idles does not drop, the valve is bad. If the valve checks good, check the idle speed controller. It...
• Re: low compression\rough cold idle-1.9L
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:23:14 -0800
  ...you pinch the aux air supply line closed with pliers the idle speed should drop (obviously). Sorry if these are too simple... --------------------------------- Do you...
• 1991Carat w/auotranny: IDLE SPEED?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Sep 2016 20:32:09 -0500
  My Carat with new engine and tranny doesn't idle correctly. When in gear with foot on the brake it idles as it should...
• Re: Increased Idle Speed with A/C
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:01:07 -0500
  ...When I compressor engages the idle speed > increases. I understand that this is as it should be. However, it now > seems to be increasing...
• 85 1.9L Idle Speed Boost Valve(s)
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:08:14 -0400
  ...I only have one Idle Speed Boost Valve . I followed the wire off of the plug and the brown wire runs to the PS...
• Re: Digijet Idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:39:09 -0700
  ...A malfunctioning AAR will make it hard to set your idle speed correctly -- the idle adjustment screw will either be too open at cold...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:46:46 -0800
  ...starts easily, idles easily, but upon attempted > acceleration it bucks, kicks, snorts, hiccups, coughs - finally > smoothing out at speed. > > Warm engine: starts easily, idles...
• Idle speed
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:53:32 -0500
  ...And the idle at a cold start hunts up and down 50/100 rpm. John --
• The idle speed controller is not in the ECU on the 2.1. It is a separate controller located in front of the passenger side tail light. It can be easily integrated into a 1.9 to eliminate that almost useless advance the ignition timing before it stalls stabilizer and the auxiliary air regulator along with those AC and PS idle booster solenoid valves. Dennis
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Fri, 7 May 2010 10:57:13 -0400
  ...Is there a "How to" anywhere on the web? would anyone consider making one mike >The idle speed controller is not in the ECU...
• poor startup and cold running 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 06:52:34 +0100
  ...Once it is running, it idles really smoothly.� If I open the throttle all the way the engine will misfire before speeding up.� Once...
• No heat at idle
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:18:41 -0700
  I just noticed that at idle speed there is no heat from the front heater. Driving or increasing the idle to ~2000rpm will cause...
• Re: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:49:06 -0700
  ...Once the idle speed and CO are set correctly you should almost never have to mess with them. It's not like the old...
• Re: Cold idle speed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:38:33 -0500
  ...Cold idle speed >All the hydrolic lifters I've seen are self adjusting. Sounds like BS >to me. > > >
• Re: High Idle, Fuel Pressure Test Results and Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 01:23:12 -0800
  ...idle speed at the throttle idle speed screw. When cold, the distributor timing should adjust itself to keep the idle up via the idle...
• Re: Idle speed an A/C
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:08:31 -0400
  The AC should only raise the idle by 200 rpms (not 2000) or there abouts. On Jun 7, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Clint...
• Looking for a Known Good 1.9 Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Blake Sartin
  Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:17:50 -0400
  ...I'd love to be able to set idle speed, and not have an outrageously annoying flat spot off idle. Thanks. Blake Maryville, TN...
• Needed: Idle Step-up Valve for Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:45:05 -0700
  Hi everyone, I need to buy a Idle Step-up Valve that increases the idle speed when the air conditioning turns on. I also...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2017 04:41:14 +0000
  ...The idle controller looks at engine speed, temperature, and those other inputs and then modulates the valve to get to the desired speed. The...
• Re: slight surge in idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:53:32 -0800
  ...slight surge in idle speed >I have an '87 Syncro that seems to go through a cycle when idling while >stopped. It drops down...
• Digijet Idle Stabilizer--Green or Black?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:42:00 -0500
  ...Now I hear there are two different idle speed versions, green and black? I assume the Digijets with A/C, P/S and more...
• Re: Surging Idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:35:03 -0500
  ...Start to get things back to normal with an idle speed check with the engine warm and the idle stabilizer valve(ISV) disconnected. To...
• Re: Low RPM drift/surge, what is it?
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:08:07 -0500
  I concur on idle speed at about 800-900 rpm. I am pretty sure this is stated in Bentley, as well. Tonya, maybe your...
• Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:58:34 -0400
  ...Start the engine and adjust the big screw (idle screw) on the throttle body for the proper idle speed. Then I shut down and...
• Re: Idle Control Valve
  Historical mailing list - j. karukas
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:40:46 -0800
  ...Just wondering - is this purely coincidental, or could air in the system mask a valve, idle speed controller or other malfunction?
• 85 with uneven idle
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Baskin
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:52:51 -0500
  ...All seems right with the world except that every 5 seconds or so the idle speed drops, the engine stumbles slightly, and then it...
• Re: Idle / Plugs / Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:50:43 -0700
  From experience on my '82 Adventurewagen (CA), a bad idle speed stabilizer can cause lousy (or no) idling throughout the the engine's operating...
• Re: 1.9 idle woes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:31:19 -0600
  ...Rev engine a time or two just to see what the idle speed does. If it drops back and idles smoothly arount 850 to...
• Lug nuts, new engine, etc.
  Historical mailing list - James R. Gilbert
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:04:43 -0500
  ...The moral of the story is do't adjusthat screw to reduce the idle speed. I think the idle speed is supposed to be...
• Increased Idle Speed with A/C
  Historical mailing list - Deke Rivers
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:07:27 -0500
  ...When I compressor engages the idle speed increases. I understand that this is as it should be. However, it now seems to be increasing...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:32:17 -0700
  ...starts easily, idles easily, but upon attempted > acceleration it bucks, kicks, snorts, hiccups, coughs - finally > smoothing out at speed. > > Warm engine: starts easily, idles...
• Re: High Idle, Setting the timing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:00:39 -0600
  ...1) keeps the idle speed up on a cold > >start so the engine doesn't stall. When the engine warms up, the ECU cuts...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:10:31 -0800
  ...The paragraph starts: "The idle speed stabilizer replaces the auxiliary air valve..." The photographs following show a unit similar to the Idle stabilizer valve...
• Fluctuating Idle: Solved!??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:14:23 -0400
  ...kick down until my speed dropped down to around 35, then it would upshift again at 40. The fluctuating idle also caused a very...
• Re: Vanagon aircooled - too high idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 22 May 1996 09:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
  On Wed, 22 May 1996 meek@oanet.com wrote: > > My neighbour's 82 aircooled Westy has an elevated idle > speed (~1000 rpm) but otherwise...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:51:41 -0800
  ...idle air flow & if it's too high we > decrease the idle air flow...who really cares whether the change in idle > speed is...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabiliser Controller)
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 07:57:14 -0800
  Let me know what you find out, my 85' idles high like that after going on the highway or on long drives. Once shut...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:44:52 -0700
  ...As it comes off running at higher than idle speed it used to catch the rpms at about 900. Now they sag and the...
• Re: Need Help with Engine Speed Wildly Surging at Idle
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:43:22 -0800
  ...Turning the large diameter > idle speed screw on the throttle body clockwise will reduce the idle > speed slightly, but the surging continues. Other than...
• Re: 88 GL Newbie Needs Direction
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:21:05 -0600
  ...Once warm, it should drop back to the idle speed you set up. There is also a black box behind the right rear brak...
• Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:17:17 -0400
  ...Sometimes when I stop the idle will remain at almost 2 on the tach before slowing down to normal idle speed. Once there it...
• Re: Inputs to idle computer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:00:03 -0500
  It should idle higher when cold and then drop back to 850-900 after warming up. You might go throught the idle speed setup...
• Re: idle surge diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:15:36 EDT
  ...Then, I exchanged the idle stabilizer valve itself. >Now, it idles when cold, but after driving even a little, I notice the >idle speed...
• 1987 High Idle
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 11:46:07 -0400
  Hi all, On Monday morning I started my '87 Syncro to discover an "idle" speed of 4400 RPM. I drove the van for close...
• Help: '89 Vanagon Stutters and Dies after Starting when Cold
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 09:02:51 -0500
  Hi, My '89 Vanagon cannot seem to find the right idle speed when the engine is cold. This is especially true when the A...