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• Re: ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:12:14 -0800
  ...bypass > the idle stabilizer, set the timing to 5 degrees > BTDC, reconnect the idle stabilizer, and then > set the idle speed to 850. Is...
• Re: Help with deceleration making a bucking VAN
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:16:07 +0100
  ...speed and decelerate a small >amount the engine will buck and kick the Van around. I can >accelerate and it will run smooth again...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:11:02 -0500
  ...If below then you have a signal that indicates engine >speed too low. If above then engine speed too high. Detailed design left >to...
• More idle issues for idle hands and minds
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:56:44 -0500
  ...engine up, or something. What is the cold idle speed supposed to be on a Vanagon? Once warm: Idles around 900-1000 RPMs, idle...
• 85 fuel injection problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Atkins
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:47:46 EST
  ...You cannot adjust the idle speed, if you out the bypass screw, it idles worse, but this condition is fixed also when the sensor...
• Correct Weber jetting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:51:46 +0000
  ...I cant get the idle speed to come below 1500rpm without totally leaning the idle mixture down util the engine almost dies. The jets...
• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:49:56 -0800
  ...the difference between high speed/open throttle and high speed/closed throttle; or low speed under load versus at idle. But its simpler. Cheers...
• Re: low idle when AC compressor is on
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:18:19 +0000
  ...is loading down the engine. >> That is how the idle control system knows when to speed up the idle for >> A/C. >> They may...
• Re: 85 stalling probs...Where's the ARCHIVE!!!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:30:03 -0500
  ...On the 1.9L engines, the idle speed will be close to specs as > long as your timing is right and you are getting...
• Re: I-4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:11:58 -0500
  ...cleaner and sprayed around the engine compartment, when it motor picks up speed , look to where you just sprayed and there will be your...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2017 05:14:02 +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...
• Weber carb jetting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:54:18 +0000
  ...I cant get the idle speed to come below 1500rpm without totally leaning the idle mixture down util the engine almost dies. The jets...
• oil press light
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:08:52 -0700
  ...The light did not correlate with engine RPM. It flickered at high RPM but then it wouldn't do it always at idle speed...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:53:14 -0800
  ...If below then you have a signal that indicates engine > >speed too low. If above then engine speed too high. Detailed design left > >to...
• Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:43:45 -0700
  ...up) I have rough idle. When stepping on the gas to move the engine stumbles and slowly gains speed. It feels like a miss...
• idle surge solved?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Mon, 13 May 2002 08:42:17 -0700
  ...The last two things I tried were Fiddling with the mixture screw on the AFM while adjusting idle speed Put an extra ground on...
• Re: . Idle Control System Explanation, please?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:45:44 -0600
  ...engines by bypassing some extra air around the closed throttle, and increasing idle speed a bit. It's really a cold start fast idle...
• wasserboxer hot idle [part 2]
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:18:32 CST6CDT
  ...as hot at idle as the 1.9L did, so maybe this lower activating thermoswitch would help current 1.9L engines too. It's...
• Re: gas tank causing stalling?
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:54:01 -0600
  Hi Debbie, It only dies at idle, not under load at speed? Find another mechanic! Howard > My stalling while idleing problem has > This mechanic...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 May 2005 10:59:27 -0700
  ...I was running 7-8psi at idle, 14-15psi at highway speed on the 10W30 the PO sold it with, and 9-10psi at...
• Re: 2.l idle issues continued
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:22:19 -0600
  The idle speed sounds good, but when switching on the AC kills the engine, that definitely points to the Idle Stabilizer Valve. If it...
• Re: Throttle adjustments help wanted
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 18 May 1999 13:38:58 PDT
  ...This signals the ECU that the engine is idleing and the ECU makes the necessary adjustments in timing, mixture, etc. to allow the engine...
• Smog check failed; Vacuum leaks
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 12 May 1998 11:53:58 +0300
  ...The idle speed was too high, and during lowering the engine dies. First suggestion was 'Vacuum leak, somewhere' and the camper missed the smog...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:56:41 -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...
• Re: strange cut off problem with wbx vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:52:03 -0500
  ...the engine to konk out; i could, just barely, get it to idle if i gently reased the throttle. the slow idle speed with...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:16:09 -0700
  ...Is it difficult to replace? I have a > problem with too high an idle speed after the engine has warmed up and I > have...
• Re: HELP, 78 westy, 2L FI trouble (high
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:39:20, -0500
  Arnold Schultz tried everything to reduce idle (1700) on 78 FI engine: I'm mystified too- have 78 with 167,000 mi on original...
• Re: Help: '89 Vanagon Stutters and Dies after Starting when Cold
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:02:47 -0400
  ...Monday, July 15, 1996 10:04 AM > > Hi, > My '89 Vanagon cannot seem to find the right idle speed when the engine is > cold...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:11:08 -0600
  ...speed) I've wondered about the seemingly > pretty > high cold oil and engine oil pressure... > > After hard use on a hot day, my idle...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:05:47 -0800
  ...a low idle speed. As there is no after air injection > reaction system, all combustion has to be in the engine or the Cat...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:11:51 -0500
  ...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 - 88 Vanagon - 2.1L wbx - manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:05:04 -0600
  ...This "powered slowdown" results sometimes in the engine dropping to 800 rpm idle, and sometimes the engine revving up to 2000 rpm. sommetimes a...
• Re: alt output vs rpm
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:15:39 -0700
  ...run at 1/2 engine speed (so they wouldn't self-destruct), > alternators are typically run a 2x engine speed. > The higher the output...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question...
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:26:27 -0600
  ...Idle speed is right about 850 RPM. If I reconnect the ISCV plug, the engine continues to idle just fine until I drive around...
• 87 Digifant idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:16:46 -0800
  ...driving at idle speed for a moment, when I coach it to about 3000 RPM it works fine and when the engine reaches temperature...
• Distributor Worn?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 06:10:19 GMT
  ...In other words, my dwell angle isn't steady--it drops smoothly by about 10 degrees as the engine speed increases from low idle...
• Re: Two possibly related symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:59:26 -0400
  ...If your idle switch is telling the ECU to run lean when the engine is above idle (screw too far out) that will kill...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 07:15:39 -0500
  ...minutes > >apart. > > > >If I pull off and let then engine go down to idle speed, it will die. > >It has a little trouble restarting...
• buzzing noise
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:38:35 -0500
  ...I have this buzzing noise coming from my engine compartment. It think it's most noticeable at an idle, especially if your sitting in...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 22 May 2005 06:32:20 EDT
  In a message dated 5/21/05 2:10:20 PM, jbange@GMAIL.COM writes: << 7-8psi at idle, 14-15psi at highway speed...
• Re: Oil Light on at idle only when hot
  Historical mailing list - leif
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 22:57:57 -0600
  ...I have not > tached it yet to see what the idle rpm is.) Engine > has 150k and runs well (70+ on the interstate with...
• Re: pushrod from auto. trans to throttle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:28:29 -0800
  ...thing about current situation is that engine speed too low even at > two turns CCW on the idle screw. Started looking at throttle pushrod...
• Re: 85 with uneven idle
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:03:55 -0600
  ...85 with uneven idle > >every 5 seconds or so the idle speed drops, the engine stumbles slightly, > and then it comes back to normal...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:25:56 EDT
  ...PS pumps cause drad which suck-up a lot of power on slow speeds. That's why idle is increased to compensate for the...
• Re: Vanagon Blues
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 08:09:25 -0700
  ...that my idle speed was set too high. The ECU will cut the throttle down until it is acceptable, then the engine will rev...
• Re: Computer woes?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:15:29 -0500
  Sounds like your idle stabilizer is not working. If your 87 GL has the same engine as my 88 GL -- the 2.1L with...
• Re: 87 Vanagon GL 3000+ RPM idle - SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:06 -0400
  ...Also, when revving the engine I could still feel vacuum getting by, which means even with idle switch off, it bypassed some vacuum. 2009...
• Getting a handle on Idle problems...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 23:11:02 EDT
  ...During idle it either speeds the valve up or down depending on needs. I had to turn the screw on the AFM out about...
• Not running right
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:19:13 EDT
  ...it would have an idle speed of about 1500 until you shut the engine off then it would idle at 700 until you drove...
• Re: Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:35:22 -0500
  ...I too would start by checking leaks in hoses and air plenum. > If the engine still idles with the idle screw all the way...
• digifant/ digijet? little vanagon content me thinks
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:55:46 EST
  ...My problem is a rough idle on the Fox. But the engine performs great at speed, just passed smog, gets great gas mileage-- runs...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Chris Uzzi
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:54:42 -0800
  ...The engine has a high speed idle cutout and when the engine runs > at 1200 rpm (could be 1400, going from memory) the engine...
• Re: Update: Idle Speed Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:14:12 +0200
  Hi, Yes I was one of those with high idle speed. If I disconnected the Solenoid whilst the engine was running and then reconnected...
• Re: clean & lube idle air control valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 May 2010 21:59:47 -0400
  ...The > controller see engine temperature(shared connection to Temp2 sensor with the > ECU), engine speed, throttle switch, and AC compressor on and power steering...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:41:57 -0600
  ...engine up so the pump load won't stall the engine, When the AC is turned on, it will kick the idle speed up...
• Idle speed, racing engine
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:20:26 -0400
  ...This trouble went away when the AC was turned off and I just assumed the idle speed was just too low and the engine...
• 2.1L High Idle and Hesitation, Stalling After Heads R/R
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:42:31 -0600
  ...One other question--can the idle speed be set on this van? I'm just wondering if they increased the idle speed when the...
• Re: Throttle switches
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:37:27 -0500
  ...Makes sense. > > This seems > >backwards to me as in order for the engine to idle the switch is > >noit activated, nor is it activated...
• Help-crazy bouncing idle
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:20:45 -0400
  ...Need some help or suggestions to fix an idle problem on my 85 1.9 auto trans westy. Engine idles ok at start-up...
• Re: Rough cold idle/Fast warm idle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:02:33 -0600
  ...There is a fitting that connects a large hose to to the small diameter hose at the idle speed boost valves that had a...