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• 1985 FAST idle
  Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 22:16:05 -0500
  Hi, I have a problem with the idle of my 85 GL Vanagon. When I start it cold, it start willingly and settle to...
• Looking for Digifant Idle Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:38:57 -0500
  Hello all, does anyone have a used working Digifant Idle Control unit for sale. I've got an '87 Vanagon. I've been working...
• Idle Control Valve - Part 2
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:52:40 -0400
  ...Swapped out idle control box...no change. Any ideas as to what is keeping the idle control valve open constantly? Ric Sent from my...
• 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...
• Idle too high
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:56:50 -0800
  Could anyone help with setting idle on a '80 Westy. I set dwell, timing, turned idle adjuster to the bottom. What else can be...
• Re: High idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:57:17 -0500
  ...What happens if you pinch off the hose going to the idle stabilizer valve? Does the idle drop? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pruitt
  Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:19:40 -0400
  ...Rinse > and repeat. > >> > >> I unplugged the 12v from the idle control valve and the engine remained > at idle. I removed the idle control valve...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:33:35 -0800
  ...Isolating an idle problem? I've been seeing an intermittent low idle-sometime no idle with my Digifant 84 van 92 rabbit/fox/Jetta...
• Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:11 -0800
  ...Then, the idle became steady at the high rate..around 2000 rpms.. After some testing, I replaced the idle control valve. A pricey item...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:57:10 -0500
  ...Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning Hello, Cant seem to get a good idle when cold, and after...
• Re: Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:10:51 -0500
  ...Once the engine is fully warmed up, idle is stable. Also, if you Pull the O2 and idle stab first just to be sure...
• Vanagon aircooled - too high idle speed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 23:55:24 -0600
  My neighbour's 82 aircooled Westy has an elevated idle speed (~1000 rpm) but otherwise runs perfectly. The idle is not affected by the...
• Mysterious idle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:19:32 -0400 (EDT)
  I've been trying to fix the gremlin in my '88 Vanagon that likes to make the thing idle at 2200RPM. (But will go...
• Re: Idle problem/digitool readings
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:52:53 -0500
  ...Couldn't get a stable idle at 1000 or so. Engine would drop to > 400 or so when the idle approached 1000. Idle stable...
• '84 Westy: Does Air Conditioner Boost Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:25:54 -0700
  Does the '84 Westy stock air conditioner have a way to boost the idle when the compressor is engaged? If so, what's the...
• '87 low RPM/idle - (mostly) fixed, THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Gordon C Smith
  Fri, 7 Feb 1997 09:17:42 -1000
  ...I checked out my throttle switch and it was not switching at all in the idle position. I've readjusted it by eye/sound...
• erratic idle
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:58:18 -0800
  I am experiencing a peculiar intermittent problem with my idle on my 85 1.9L. It starts fine and runs OK but the idle...
• Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:15:50 -0400
  FYI - Idle computer = Idle Stabilizer Control, behind right taillight I did look for vacuum leaks, and found none. I think this stands to reason...
• Re: Idle stabliser 84 GL
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:45:56 -0800
  New idle stabilizer solved my problem on an 83 1.9 wbx. (at least it solved that idle problem.) I suspect that the real...
• 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Miller
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:53:15 EST
  ...One being the idle speed adjusting screw.Through the archives, someone had suggested turning the idle screw in to cut the idle surging out...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:49:28 -0500
  At 06:30 PM 1/12/2002, Todd Last wrote: >According to the Bosch fuel injection book, you are correct. >The idle stabilization unit...
• Re: a/c and idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:10:39 -0600
  rsf wrote: >My idle shoots up 1000rpm when the a/c in turned on. What factors and >failure trends are at work here and...
• Re: idle surge diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 09:26:59 -0400
  ...I think that the idle stabilizer is sticking on the central shaft. The shaft is probably worn from constant movement around the idle position...
• Re: ECU high idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:49:15 -0800
  ...If we are talking about an 87 2.1 waterboxer vanagon, idle control for the Air Idle Valve, aka Idle Stabilizer Valve, is via...
• Re: High Idle, Fuel Pressure Test Results and Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 01:23:12 -0800
  When you restart after 10 minutes, the idle is higher because the aux air valve may have cooled enough to reopen. A lot of...
• Re: High idle at stops
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 26 Aug 2017 11:03:01 -0700
  ...also the idle control unit (behind the passenger tail light), the idle control valve (it can be adjusted)
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:01:35 -0300
  ...I asked my mechanic > about it and he said /"Mercedes has not used an idle control valve > since around 1990. The idle is controlled...
• Re: All Is Not Well in Air Conditioning Land
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:07:32 -0500
  ...All Is Not Well in Air Conditioning Land > > Here goes! > The ECU does absolutely nothing to regulate or stabilize idle speed. The > idle speed...
• Re: FS on eBay: Idle Stabilizer valve and Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:04:02 -0400
  Hey how come the Idle Stabilizer isn't a 3-day auction anymore? Shawn. Sean Solowiej wrote: > Two new items added to the 3...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:57:24 -0700
  ...I have been trying to tune-up and evaluate the engine in > an '84 that I bought for parts. > > Does an idle stabilizer contain...
• 87 Idle Stabilizer Problem
  Historical mailing list - Gambill, Billy G
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:48:13 -0600
  My 87 Vanagon GL Camper normally idles at 1000 RPMs but for some unknown reason, it now races to 4000 RPMs at idle. After...
• Re: Is this an Idle Stabilizer problem?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:08:21 -0700
  ...Then follow Bentley as to testing idle control items, throttle switch and idle motor and idle ECU. At 07:51 AM 06/30/2003...
• Re: 1.9 idle woes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:26:39 -0500
  At 10:24 3/18/2000 , Martin wrote: > I'm having trouble with the idle on a didget. The idle is erratic and >goes...
• High idle woes
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 11:44:08 -0800
  Hello, I replaced my idle stabilizer unit (electronic box behind the tail-light) and all of a sudden I have the following symptoms. Cold...
• Re: High idle w. A/C on... please help
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:04:39 -0700
  ...High idle w. A/C on... please help > > yes Todd AC is connected and working well, no leak, gives cold air - > except high idle...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:28:11 -0400
  is the Idle Air Control Valve working? You can kind of hear it humming when it is working properly. Unplug it when the motor...
• Re: High idle again
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:56:17 -0800
  ...Then the > idle went up slowly. I cleaned out the old one and replaced the other. Idle > went up even higher. Swapped it back...
• Idle control on the 84 system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:20:44 -0500
  ...But, to my surprise, I found the cold idle slightly better and usually when we start out the idle is very low at our...
• ECU high idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:33:58 -0800
  ...If so the idle stabilizer is in the ECU, and the idle air motor is all that's in the engine bay. As far...
• Re: idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:11:38 -0400
  ...The idle screw on a 1.9 is that big >slotted screw on the side of the throttle body, (it faces up and toward...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 16 May 2006 17:07:52 -0400
  ...i have had the erratic idle > syndrome for years now on my syncro. i have replced the idle contol > unit, > stabilizer, and i have...
• High Idle question
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:55:01 -0700
  ...Years ago, sometime in the 1990s, I had to replace an idle control something or other on my 87 2wd when the idle would...
• Re: Digital idle stabilizer ('84 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2001 00:54:40 -0400
  At 03:50 PM 5/6/2001, jhlauterbach wrote: >What are the symptoms when a digital idle stabilizer goes bad. I have an >1984...
• What to check first unstable idle
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:10:01 -0800
  Anybody have any tips on where to start looking for reason for unstable idle? 88 2.1L idles 900 then speeds up to 1900...
• Re: AC & Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Schimke
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 22:14:56 +0100
  Is there any other reasonable cause beyond the idle stabilizer control unit? Yes, it is: usually You must adjust the idle switch on the...
• Idle Stabilizer and Stabilizer Control Update Request
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:52:34 -0600
  I have got to deal with some idle stabilizer issues. Just wondering if there is anything new on the horizon regarding digitizing of the...
• Re: Pulsing idle UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:04:29 -0500
  >- Replace the idle stabilizer (balck little elecrical box located >behind the right tail light) with one from the junk yard. This is only for...
• Re: 1.9L-still will not idle cold
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:58:15 -0800
  I would replace the idle stabilizer, but the engine behaves the same way with the stabilizer bypassed...so that should be telling me that...
• Re: digijet idle stabilizer question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:19:38 -0500
  At 03:21 AM 1/27/2001, Mark Ingalls wrote: >I was wondering if anyone on the list has ever bypassed the idle stabilizer...
• Throttle switches
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:14:10 -0500
  On my 83 watercooled 1.9L digijet FI throttle assembly are two switches; one for throttle closed (idle) another for full throttle. What do...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:26:16 -0400
  At 04:46 PM 9/16/2012, Larry Alofs wrote: >Does an idle stabilizer contain some type of tachometer? I understand >that it adjusts...
• Re: Does Idle Stabilizer Constantly Stay On?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 12:41:14 -0600
  If you change out the ISV or the ISCU, be sure you set the idle speed before hooking it all back up. Just warm...
• Idle Stabilizer Unit Placement
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:15:02 -0700
  ...My awesome mechanic recently replaced my idle air control valve, but noticed the idle is still not performing correctly. He wants to install an...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:12:53 -0400
  Jim Arnott wrote: > Change the idle stabilizer. Little green box with two round plugs on the > bottom just in front of the coil on...
• Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:58:13 -0500
  ...It will start okay, but not fast idle. If you have to stop at a traffic light after driving for several minutes, something is...
• Idle stub system
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 05:03:33 -0000
  What is idle stub system? Ark ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009...
• Idle Problem?
  Historical mailing list - sam pacifico
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:27:13 -0600
  I've read numerous notes that deal with idle problems with the 2.1L engine. My idle problem is interesting but different from many...
• Fix for a/c idle
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:59:33 EDT
  I also had that problem with my '84 I readjusted the idle. In reality I just screwed the big adjustment screw out a little...
• Re: High idle - throttle position switch
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:43:50 -0400
  Hi Ken,The idle stabilizer is buzzing nicely and should be working ok. It does, however, drop to approx 1500 rpm when I unplug...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01:42 -0500
  ...the timming as too much retard, so someone one day unscrewed the idle screw to compensate the low idle. Put more advance and lower...