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• Surging Idle fixed! / High O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:12:55 EST
  ...2.) The idle stabilizer control unit was bad. I disconnected the input to the stabilizer and the idle smoothed out noticeably. I exchanged the...
• Re: High idle after warm up
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:45:42 -0500
  Disconnect the idle stabilizer valve. Start the engine and with your foot, keep just enough pedal to keep the engine running until it warms...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:40:20 -0500
  ...My local shop also confirmed he only wanted the voltage >stabilizer, not necessarily the entire cluster. Take a look in Bentley for the diode...
• Re: Idle stabilizer for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 23:41:20 +0000
  ...the stabilizer module.  On the 2.1l both functions are taken care of by the Idle Control Unit which controls the Idle Stabilizer Valve...
• Re: Is This Idle Stabilizer Really Necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Chad Knutson
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:33:31 -0600
  ...Is This Idle Stabilizer Really Necessary? >Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2001, 10:38 PM > >The Idle Stabilizer keeps the idle high when warming up...
• idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 07:19:12 -0500
  My idle stabilizer seems to have a hyperactive streak lately. The idle is around 2000 rpm, somewhat intermittently. When I disconnect the thing, it...
• Idle Stabilizer Control Box Needed
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:09:40 EDT
  Anyone have a decent used Idle Stabilizer Control Box to sell for an 87 Westy. I think 87 to 89 will work, and perhaps...
• The Truth About Timing Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:25:31 -0500
  ...The engine stabilizer varies the timing at idle in order to achieve a smoother idle....hence idle stabilizer.....DO NOT DISCONNECT the timing mark...
• Re: Query - Idle Stabilier Trouble Shoot
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 21:25:16 -0500
  ...Query - Idle Stabilier Trouble Shoot > How do I trouble shoot the Idle Stabilizer System? > > The Idle Stabilizer System on my 88 GL causes the...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sun, 1 May 2005 10:14:54 -0700
  ...not an '86 or newer digifant. > >The 1.9 engines don't have the idle stabilizer valve nor the part in front >of the...
• Re: Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Chris Higgins
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:50:10 -0500
  ...Soap-up the end of the stabilizer bar real good, and the stabilizer bar bushing, and push the new stab link onto the end...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:40:48 -0400
  ...Idle stabilizer question--1.9 I'm hoping that someone can give me some details about the 1.9 idle stabilizer. I have been...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:43:36 -0500
  At 5:02 PM -0500 10/9/98, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: >The Idle Stabilizer is that little green box that is attached to...
• stabilizer bar
  Historical mailing list - Michael Briere
  Sun, 27 May 2001 14:52:49 -0400
  i have an 86 GL syncro and the stabilizer bar has broken. However, not the entire thing. There is a vertical piece that fits...
• Re: Symptoms--84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 16:25:23 -0400
  Just for laughs, try connecting the idle stabilizer plugs together,by passing the stabalizer, and see what you get.The stabilizer is near the...
• voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:36:41 -0700
  I checked my stabilizer with the key to the run position and I had volts in the pin closest to the passenger side but...
• Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:35:45 +0000
  > > The voltage stabilizers on all three of my '84 models only use the outer > pins. The middle pin is in the air (no female...
• Re: Advancing timing
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:54:17 -0400
  If you advance the timing sufficiently and disconnect the vacuum retard, you should have no need for the idle stabilizer. It is only there...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:04:43 -0600
  ...stabilizer is > interchangeable with the 2 wire idle stabilizer in my 89 Vanagon > Camper. > What year did they go to three wire stabilizers in...
• Re: interesting idle issue
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:35:29 EST
  ...If it idles all right under that condition, check the idle stabilizer controller and its attendant wiring. The idle stabilizer valve could be defective...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:54:02 -0500
  ...The idle stabilizer will kick up the rpm to handle the load. Of the idle stabilizer is not doing it's job, the engine...
• Fast Idle Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:53:29 -0600
  ...At this point, I determined that the problem was probably the Stabilizer Control Unit (behind the right taillight). I removed and opened the unit...
• Re: 15" tire pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:20:53 -0400
  A thicker rear stabilizer bar will cause more oversteer not understeer. A rear stabilizer bar will decrease the traction of the rear, relative to...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:11:39 EDT
  ...pokeswagon@BLAZENET.NET writes: << Does anyone know about what an idle stabilizer for a 2.1L cost?? > > > > Thanks > > >> did you try cleaning it out...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:29:35 -0500
  ...Bad Idle Stabilizer? I finally bought a digital timing light. Followed the Bentley procedure (more or less): 1. Disconnected the idle stabilizer and plugged...
• Re: driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:00:08 -0800
  ...I think my noise is maybe coming from > > the top of the stabilizer link hitting the coil on the passenger side > > (the same side...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 07:10:15 -0400
  On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Lawrence Johnson wrote: > Lasha wrote: > > Modifying the Idle Stabilizer: > > I have been told by the "VW Bus Heaven" that...
• Re: Is the L and R stabilizer link interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 08:42:44 -0600
  ...Is the L and R stabilizer link interchangeable? > > 81 Air cooled, broken stabilizer link on the passenger side. If I find > someone with the...
• Re: voltage stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 20 May 1999 16:59:54 -0400
  ...voltage stabilizer > The typical "3-pin" regulator has an input pin, output pin, and ground pin. > On many voltage stabilizers, the mounting tab is...
• getting link bushings out
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:27:18 -0400
  I'm trying to get out the old bushings where the stabilizer bar attaches to the stabilizer links. Any quit and dirty tricks? When...
• Re: High idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:46:02 -0500
  I didn't pinch the hose, but did disconnect the plug from the stabilizer and the engine immediately stalled. At 01:57 PM 1...
• idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 21 May 1997 20:52:43 -0500
  Is there anyway to take the idle stabilizer apart? I have it out of the can but cannot figure out how to open it...
• Is This Idle Stabilizer Really Necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:21:43 EST
  In the course of rebuilding the engine in my '80 Westy, the mechanic tried reconnecting the idle stabilizer, which had been bypassed since before...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:54:03 -0800
  ...Idle Stabilizer Valve (on top of the motor) All vacuum lines in the engine compartment Temp II sensor Ground Straps (also added another to...
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:28:11 -0800
  ...I > need to > > know an easy way to remove the stabilizer link from the stabilizer > bar, the > > bushing isn't worn enough to slide...
• FS: vanagon idle stabilizer computer, NOS
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:09:15 -0500
  I have for sale a new-old-stock vanagon idle stabilizer computer, the one that lives behind the right tail light. This is a...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:00:53 -0700
  ...Inside the cluster, in part, > this ground connects to voltage stabilizer, hi beam indicator light > and, the coolant gauge. Most likely to the blinking...
• Re: The Truth About Timing Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:15:47 -0400
  ...The engine stabilizer varies the timing at idle in order to achieve a > smoother idle....hence idle stabilizer.....DO NOT DISCONNECT the timing > mark...
• Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:25 -0400
  The voltage stabilizers on all three of my '84 models only use the outer pins. The middle pin is in the air (no female...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:16:09 -0700
  ...The electronic idle stabilizer is that black box mounted on the sheetmetal not far from the Hall control unit. It has two round plugs...
• idle stabilizer and long distance travel
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:19:36 -0600
  howdy i will be driving my 83.5 westy 1200 miles this weekend, i currently have my idle stabilizer removed with the two plugs...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:30:40 -0400
  ...Start by setting the timing, with the idle stabilizer bypassed, to 10* ATDC, hoses attached, 950 rpm. You should be able to get it...
• Re: Diags for 86 Westy idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:21:19 -0400
  ...Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:49 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Diags for 86 Westy idle stabilizer > The idle stabilizer on my 86 Westy Syncro has...
• stabilizer link repair? advice?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:06:58 -0400
  Hi all, The bushing jumped out of the eye of my driver's side stabilizer link. After removing the eye link I'm wondering...
• Re: Stabilizer bar assembly needed.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:35:36 -0500
  ...Stabilizer bar assembly needed. > > I found a broken stabilizer link when changing the coil springs. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:05:52 -0800
  ...Bad Idle Stabilizer? > >AS I understand it, with the engine warm, the idle stabilizer should be >isolated from the circuit, and not have ny...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:27:41 -0400
  The procedure for setting the timing on a Digijet is to unplug the idle stabilizer and plug the wires together (bypass the stabilizer). Otherwise...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 27 May 2009 15:25:24 -0700
  ...that my 85 Vanagon 1.9 doesn't have a idle stabilizer.Do I > need a new mechanic? > > Bernie > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986...
• Is the L and R stabilizer link interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 8 May 2002 21:46:15 -0400
  81 Air cooled, broken stabilizer link on the passenger side. If I find someone with the link from the driver's side, is it...
• Re: Stabilizer bar assembly needed.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 21:59:31 -0800
  ...Stabilizer bar assembly needed. > > I found a broken stabilizer link when changing the coil springs. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:40:16 -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...
• Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:36:02 -0600
  ...I find I apparently will need an idle stabilizer valve and the idle stabilizer control box that goes in front of the right hand...
• Idle stabilizer testing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 May 94 14:27:17 EDT
  Folks, I've been checking out the idle stabilizer because of no cold start high idle. At lunch today I quickly tested the valve...
• Idler Stabilizer Control Unit (ISCU)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 11:45:16 -0500
  Anyone, I've tested my idler stabilizer valve on my 87 Westy and it has continuity, yet it does not buzz. Checking the book...
• 84 vanagon hunting
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:01:11 -0600
  ...It could be the idle stabilizer. The bentley explains how to check that very easily. You disconnect the two plug that go to it...
• Pulsing Fuel gauge
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:04:25 -0500
  ...Is there a voltage stabilizer, or perhaps a ground issue here that may be a cause? If so, where is the stabilizer located, and...
• Re: What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges? Why the voltage stabilizer of course!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:32:22 -0700
  ...The spare instrument cluster from the > basement yielded a replacement voltage stabilizer. And to think there > has been talk of moving all that "stuff...
• Re: repairing the idle stabilizer unit
  Historical mailing list - Larry and Avery Johnson
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:54:26 -0500
  Mathew, Mike and Gary There are no points inside the idle stabilizer relay. This unit is a specialized ECU dedicated to adjusting the Idle...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster-installed picture available?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:12:38 -0500
  At 04:49 PM 12/8/2010, David Clarkson wrote: >Does anyone out there have a pic of this voltage stabilizer >installed in the...
• voltage stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 2 May 2001 15:07:43 MDT
  my fuel gauge is flaky still, seem to not reg correctly on full fillup I'm looking in the bentley, question the voltage stabilizer...