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• Re: Question about Transmission Stutter
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 01:20:52 +0000
  ...stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you clean the throttle body and adjust the two micro switches? See > Bentley 24.33, note last paragraph on...
• Re: Loss of power while underway, second occurrence
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:39:35 -0800
  ...Both (if the > throttle switch is working at full throttle) will reset (bypass) the O2 > sensor. If either make the problem go away for...
• Re: Emissions Testing
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:05:08 -0700
  ...First, when I found that the throttle switch was worn out I > replaced the entire throttle body with the GW housing and switch. At...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:24:56 -0800
  ...down hill with your foot off the gas, assuming your throttle position switch is working. Mark Scott Daniel wrote: > minor correction ...waterboxer injectors don...
• Re: '84 Westy, dead automatic tranny - help
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 7 May 1999 22:44:32 -0400
  ...torque converter seal for common sense and basically involves switching the selector lever and throttle linkages (requires unbolting the valve body) and swapping the...
• rotten idle surge -- I give up
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Sat, 11 May 2002 17:01:13 -0700
  ...checked and adjusted, and checked again, throttle switch replaced 02 sensor replaced temp 2 sensor replaced air bypass valve w/used unit. Tried to...
• MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:09:43 -0500
  ...II sensor, set timing, set CO mixture, set idle position and throttle switches, checked and repaired all vacuum lines (distributor advance works fine), checked...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:30:29 -0800
  ...coolant temperature sensor > > 8/LS Digital input from the throttle valve switch > high when throttle valve closed or wide open (I'm guessing here...
• Re: Fw: Question-Oxygen Relay?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 5 May 2020 12:42:25 -0700
  ...Comments in Full Throttle Switch and Oxygen Sensor sections indicate to me that the OXS relay serves to work in conjunction with the ECU...
• Re: Real starter problem solved, wiring harness needed - Short Version
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:17:26 -0600
  ...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: Stumble/stall/high idle '91 carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:29:00 -0500
  ...control valve ( again several ) >throttle position switch, ( cleaned and adjusted the backup that I know >works ) >switched ECU's >switched AFM's >unplugged O2...
• Re: digijet EFI on digifant engine - throttle switch in particular
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 14:27:19 -0400
  Some '85 Digijets have the one-switch configuration. (Mine does.) You could wire it up this way. You may want to talk to Bob...
• FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drexler
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:04:19 -0500
  ...Todays efforts: - checked idle stabilizer - humming, re/re control unit to clean contacts - adjusted throttle position switch to spec for idle - new fuel filter...
• Re: Is it time for a Tiico list?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:14:20 -0700
  But then also there should be a mailing list for tires,(The Tires List) one for cupholders, one for throttle switches, and one for...
• Re: Auxiliary air regulator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:39:41 +0000
  ...You swapped the plug with the throttle switch. So you either blasted the new switch or burned up a wire connection for the 12...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:20:56 -0700
  ...The > throttle switch is very easy to check, is available. Even if you can’t get > the assembly the micro-switch itself is available...
• Stalling 1.9l Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:29:13 -0500
  ...The throttle switch is correct. The temp. sensor was replaced. The AFC was replaced along with all vacuum lines. The aux. air switch is...
• Re: 84 Vanagon stops running intermitantly.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:27:32 -0500
  ...I changed the plastic part of the ignition switch. I checked the adjustment of the throttle switches. I swapped out the ECU with a...
• Re: O2 sensor question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:53:54 -0700
  ...So is full throttle, and this is what the full-throttle switch does. So is full closed throttle. So is throttle *movement* -- and for...
• Re: WANTED: AFM for 85GL
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:47:35 EDT
  ...Make sure your idle speed, timing and throttle position switch are correctly adjusted first. Then check the O2 sensor wire and the AFM. Chuck...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 16 May 2006 17:07:52 -0400
  ...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: mail order parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:43:38 -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...
• My Westfalia has a "frog-powered" engine - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 01:38:47 -0600
  ...adjust throttle "switches" and free butterfly valves $65.50 I spent $256.00 yesterday on a tune up and cleaning of my throttle body...
• Re: ICV or ISCU?
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:10:19 -0400
  ...Check also the throttle switch. Contact should be close ( continiuty OK ) when the throttle is not depress and contact should open when you depress...
• Re: Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:11:31 -0800
  ...I am in the process right now of elongating the 'eccentric hole' in the switch plate on an 85 vanagon throttle body ... I can...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:10:14 -0800
  ...Going down a large hill my > > throttle cable was frozen with ice at part throttle. I was able to > leave it > > in gear and...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:18:12 -0400
  ...Idle stabilizer question... > Hello Everyone, > When i was swapping out my throttle position switch...i noticed that my > idle stabilizer valve was not humming...
• Re: Cold Start Unsolved: Help
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:30:20 -0500
  ...As I mentioned >in last weeks post, I replaced the Temp 2 sensor and adjusted the throttle >switch properly, replaced plugs, distrib cap and...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:42:00 -0500
  ...If swapped the switch is now toast and with the > AAR connected to the switch connector the ECU will always think the throttle > is...
• digitool: normal readings?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:27:12 -0700
  ...Throttle Switch LED: on with key and stays on at all times unless the gas peddle is pressed... always off when gas peddle is...
• ignition switch or starter?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:34:36 -0500
  ...But now I'm wondering if my ignition switch is starting to go as well. Yesterday I tried to start it and it wouldn...
• Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
  Historical mailing list - Benjita
  Tue, 19 May 1998 01:45:31 EDT
  ...Taillights $20, Throttle switch $20 (new), O2 Sensor $15 (factory connections), Front wiper motor $20, Front heater core $50, Radiator $30, Rad. Fan $30...
• Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:44:00 -0500
  ...S > boot, throttle body, plenum and runners. > > I kept the 1.9 exhaust and cooling system for now. I'll probably switch > to a...
• Re: Herky-jerky slowdown -- '87 Wolfs
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 01:55:55 EDT
  The ohm reading of the idle switch will need to be checked. It needs to be less than .5 ohms of resistance so that...
• TRACTION ABUSE re.fr.difflock etc
  Historical mailing list - Andreas
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:58:49 +0100
  ...Pull the switch and hope it will engage within 100 meters (Little to no chance) b)Engage and blip the throttle a little commiting...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 17 May 2020 09:06:22 -0700
  ...At closed throttle the only thing the throttle position switch is > doing is turning off the injectors if the engine speed is above some...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:57:16 -0700
  ...I need to put more study into the relationship and wiring between the idle stabilization module, ECU, throttle switch etc. Something must be hinky...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 88 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:33:05 -0600
  ...Throttle switches were bad so we > replaced them. Idle controll motor and controll unit have > been replaced with known good unit. The ECU has...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:55:29 -0800
  ...is the throttle switch making contact at zero throttle ? you gotta check that. I find the later models off all the time. Try it...
• Re: Vanagon puzzlier
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:07:11 -0500
  ...to the problem! On the throttle, the top little switch! Clicks (on or off?) when you open the throttle. Disconnect and the problem goes...
• Re: '88 Vanagon poor idle when engine is first started
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:36:00 -0500
  ...there's als oa tricky throttle positioning switch adjustment on the front bumper side of the throttle body(a bit hard to access). Check...
• Re: Dying FI etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 01:53:34 -0400
  ...If it only runs well at fool throttle, then you're running basically on the fuel enrichment circuit, governed by a micro-switch on...
• Re: Hesitation, Hesitation Again!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 15:16:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...New throttle switch 3. New fuel sensors installed 4. Rebuilt Air Flow meter installed 5. Air Flow harness installed 6. Fuel Filter, new 7...
• Re: Zip Tie Tricks anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:26:33 -0800
  ...I lost mine and replaced it with one from a throttle switch from an 86 Jetta. At 20:22 11/18/98 +0000, Racer...
• Thinking about the 5 speed tranny switch?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:47:21 PST
  ...80 YES (I had it to 75 MPH Today @5000RPMs @ 25% throttle) Fifth 50-??? My RPMs @70 are 3200 RPMs (Pulls OK from 50...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:58:06 -0700
  ...The tps switch should click when you open/close |the throttle, and then again when it's all the way open, right? | |-p | |On...
• Re: Cold Start problems: Pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:41:48 EST
  ...I can hear the fuel pump click on, throttle switch clicks and in >spec., temp sensor 2 reads ok, oxy sensor working, but as...
• It continues - Engine RPM Hunting 200-500 rpm
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Oct 2010 17:56:12 -0500
  ...So apparently, this takes me to the throttle switch - I think. But this engine has only 114,000 miles and is clean, so I...
• Re: Introductions and electrical questions
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:25:04 -0800
  ...Next, the >> engine cooling fan does not come on at all despite the PO recently >> replacing the thermo switch. It doesn't come on...
• Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:30:39 -0800
  ...The only exception being when the throttle is wide open. Then a micro switch by passes The O2 sensor input and a predetermined mixture...
• Re: Intermittent smoke after stop signal wait...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:36:14 -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...
• Conclusion to story of setting Idle
  Historical mailing list - James R. Gilbert
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:08:11 -0400
  ...AND, there was a stuck (open or closed?) switch that was totally leaving the HALL unit in the dark. There are about 3 switches...
• Re: Parts needed to install new engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:33:49 -0700
  ...Also, check that your throttle switches are set correctly to close at fully open and fully closed throttle. That's all I can think...
• Re: gas saving strategies without touching a wrench
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:42:45 -0700
  ...Our stock injection set-up has an "idle switch" that tells the ECU that the throttle is closed, and will not inject more than...
• Re: GoWesty Engine Management system
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 6 Nov 2020 19:36:56 -0700
  ...The >> throttle body also gets replaced and a throttle position sensor is used, not >> just a switch. >> >> The scan gauge tool can display the...
• Cold Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 06:54:44 EST
  ...that part of the story ! Could it be the ECU ? Throttle valve position switches are working and set correctly. Idle stabiliser valve working and...
• Re: Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:29:47 -0700
  ...Systems - Digifant > > TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDELINES > > Poor Idle: > a) At operating temperature > 1) Throttle Switch > 2) Idle stabilizer system > 3) Evaporative Emissions System > > *2) page 115...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:28 -0700
  ...struggles and dies. switched cap and rotor and ignition wires............same result. Swapped idle stabilizer relays...same result. Swapped throttle bodies............similar result. When...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:23:43 -0500
  ...Ive got the servo motor for the throttle cable and the dash switch control. Im not sure how it sensed speed. Anyone have or...
• Re: Running problems
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:05:45 -0600
  ...No matter how high the throttle it just surges and does not accelerate. I am going to work on it today. > > This van has...