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• Re: High idle again
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:56:17 -0800
  I don't know on the 87, but on the 83 there is a throttle position switch on the throttle body that tells the...
• Re: High Idle 1987 GL
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:56:13 -0700
  ...With my engine cold and the engine off, I could rotate my throttle and hear the wide open throttle (WOT) switch click, and I...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:20:40 -0400
  ...Mike Mike Collum wrote: > Obviously, I haven't done this but ... > > It would seem that you could use the full throttle position switch > hooked...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:30:46 -0700
  The throttle switch must be looked at. It looks like it does not come back enough to switch it to get to idle mode...
• Rebuilt Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:54:26 -0700
  ...a new throttle position switch. What am I missing ? http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1131_1443/rebuilt-throttle-body.html http...
• Re: Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:30:02 -0700
  ...Digifane without Throttle Position switch??? > scott, > > do you ever check the urls you post? > > its a parked domain. > > I know that tencentlife on the...
• Re: Help Doctor's, My baby is sick!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:57:40 -0800
  ...Next assure that the closed throttle and full throttle switches are functional. Finally look for flakey vacuum lines. Good luck Jim
• 88 Surging & Idle updates
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:07:26 PDT
  ...Tried to adjust switch but small screw is stripped & corroded. How hard is it to remove the throttle body/switch? Is the switch a...
• Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 19:59:10 -0400
  ...That puts the throttle switch towards me and the cam on the >end of the throttle shaft away from me. On 5he plate above...
• Re: Just replaced the throttle switch and am having drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:03:44 -0500
  ...Should I disconnect the throttle switch? I did that yesterday. Little change,once again.When I installed the new throttle switch, it was right...
• FW: Idle Control Issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:48:27 -0400
  ...Turned out to be the throttle position switch was out of adjustment and wasn't indicating closed throttle. When I'd tap the pedal...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:12:18 -0800
  > Neil, > > Was that throttle body and switch easy to disassemble and clean? Any reason > I shouldn't attempt it? Yes. No. Even if you...
• Re: I'm Lazy. (Fast idle when cold, sometimes)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:54:38 -0700
  Well, since it goes away by tapping the throttle, it's probably not a vacuum leak. If the throttle switch and its associated wiring...
• Re: Full throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 May 2001 10:22:57 -0700
  The same pair of wires (with 5v across them, if I recall correctly) is switched closed by both the closed and full throttle switches...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2010 18:13:43 -0700
  ...the switch close properly. > When I adjust 'em, I check about 6 times that ever time the > throttle is > released, the switch closes. check...
• ARRGHHH ... not the Throttle Postion Switch after all !
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:57:11 -0800
  ...I then received lots of helpful info regarding removal and adjustment of the throttle position switch assembly. After removing, cleaning, testing, adjusting and replacing...
• Throttle switch; Valve Float
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 17:18:18 PDT
  ...is there anyone who can convince me that the full throttle switch actually does something? DC Bentley says that the full throttle switch tells...
• Re: AFM, throttle body needed
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:21:47 -0400
  ...I'm ready to replace both. > My throttle body is worn and sticks, not allowing > the switch to close sometimes. My AFM has the...
• Re: High idle at stops
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 26 Aug 2017 11:03:01 -0700
  I would check the throttle body switch, the throttle body gasket and all the vacuum lines... also the idle control unit (behind the passenger...
• Re: Here are some snap switches that may fit to, be used in place of the $75 VW throttle switch
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:04:17 -0500
  ...The throttle switch that is avaliable through vendors,from VW is about $75.The difference I can see between these switches is that a...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:42:38 -0500
  ...Mike Mike Collum wrote: > The switch, on the later model 1.9s (closes at both idle and at full > throttle), does the same job...
• Throttle adjustments help wanted
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Thu, 13 May 1999 17:39:09 +0100
  ...The idle position of the throttle, and its relation to: 2. The idle position switch. I have serious bucking/ jumping when coasting at very...
• Throttle body question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:04:04 -0700
  The little vacuum port on the throttle body - I believe the orifice is covered by the throttle plate when throttle closed - am I right...
• The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:26:04 -0700
  ...On the earlier 1.9L's there are two switches on the throttle valve. One closes when the foot is off the gas pedal...
• Re: Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:58:20 -0700
  ...Check the adjustment and operation of the throttle switches, namely the throttle-closed switch. While you are at the throttle body, check for excessive...
• Auto Transmission Trouble...
  Historical mailing list - jesse and monica
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:51:06 -0400
  ...The only other things that i ran into is my throttle position switch is toast. It always has continuity...idle...part throttle and full...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:52:53 -0700
  ...As you look down on the switch that's under the > throttle valve. > Zoltan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Williams > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015...
• engine braking
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:11:22 +0000
  One of the things I found out about with Darrell Boehler's Digifant tool is that the throttle switch (TS) cuts the fuel injection...
• Re: vanagon syndrome week
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 20:42:47 -0600
  ...Before that, it loves to bog down or stall unless reved up. (Sometimes....) Punching the throttle means the throttle switch. If the O2 sensor...
• Re: Throttle Body swap later 2.1 off a late 1.9 into early 1.9
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:16:37 -0700
  ...there are no tps switches on the top and maybe peak at this spare http://members.shaw.ca/trclark/throttle/UsedPartThrottle.JPG and take...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:54:03 -0400
  Brendan Slevin wrote: > Did you use the 2.1 Tbody, too? I'm trying to think > about what to do with the throttle switches...
• Re: Throttle body issues
  Historical mailing list - Dan Krautkremer
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:44:26 -0800
  Does anyone know if the throttle body or throttle valve switch was used on any other vehicle. I spent the day in a junckyard...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:09:57 -0600
  ...I'll try to unplug the throttle switch and see what happens. What does the switch control anyway? I was also wondering where to...
• RE:Engine Surges
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  14 Jan 95 21:32:24 EST
  ...First, i would check the throttle valve switch. The location of the switches varied slightly from year to year but all are located somewhere...
• Re: Rapid Idle when Warm / Throttle idle switch
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:03:01 -0700
  ...I cleaned the throttle body up and got the gunk off the switch. Still didn't seem to click. Realize I don't have...
• Re: Idle at 1900 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:14:52 -0500
  ...Idle at 1900 rpm It is probably your throttle position switch. I have these available for '85 Vanagons (same as one used on 86...
• Slight stumble on "resume throttle" (Digifant EFI van)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:07:49 -0800
  ...I've heard mention of a " throttle=stop switch" or a throttle position switch, not sure the correct term. I suspect this, given the...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:57:27 -0800
  I'm a little skeptical about this 'needs a new throttle body' idea. First, I'd check that the throttle switch is closing at...
• idle adjustment problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:08:26 -0800
  ...change - new vacuum hoses - replacing throttle body with a good used one because of bad TB switch - the switch has clicking noise just off...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:35:21 -0700
  ...Maybe the slight play I feel in the TB shaft is enough to cause an issue at throttle valve switch. But this switch closes...
• Throttle position switch COVER!! Who knew ??
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:11:09 -0400
  Hey Vanagon addicts, Had my throttle body out to swap in a better TPS and remembered ordering a cover from one of the list...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:02:49 -0500
  ...switch still may require further adjustment. And here's how to tell. First make sure the gap is on the money at the throttle...
• Generic setting for Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:29:45 -0500
  ...without all the electrical testing etc.(since I don't have the throttle switch or idle stabilizer up and running atthe present. Thanks Max
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:45:50 -0400
  ...Check with your meter that the closed-throttle switch opens (voltage on the line goes up to ~5 V) when you open the throttle...
• Re: Trottle body switch- What is it for?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:39:04 -0800
  ...The switch is used to signal closed and full throttle to the computer. It allows the engine to go into open loop when you...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:37:38 -0700
  During the 85 model year the switch changed from a double switch on top where you can easily see it to a single switch...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:20:37 -0800
  ...Unfortunately, the TB on the sunroof van has the throttle >>> position switches underneath, and this TB has the TPS located on top. >>> >>> BEFORE we...
• Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:59:31 -0800
  While helping a friend with a power loss and surging issue, I thought to look toward the throttle switches. Here's what we found...
• Re: Strange problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:22:23 -0500
  ...Technically, it knows from the switch that the throttle is at one end or the other. It figures out which end from what else...
• Stuff For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:48:30 -0600
  ...I have an early 85 throttle body, with the two switches mounted on the top of it. Mine is the throttle body with one...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch: What the...?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:18:42 -0700
  The Aux Air Regulator has a similar spade terminal but 12VDC instead of the 5VDC that your ECU puts through the Throttle Position Switch...
• Re: 87 Van Bucking (Solution...?)
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Persing
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:49:56 -0800
  Stuart, My throttle switch does not click till the throttle is open quite a bit,I did not know it is supposed to click...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 29 May 2007 19:26:31 -0700
  ...Of > course, since the Digifant full throttle switch does double duty as > the "no > throttle" switch, it wouldn't work to just scab onto...
• Re: Throttle switch--lazy sometimes, per digitool
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:04:05 -0400
  I just bent the arm a bit on the throttle switch and it hasn't bent itself back. My symptom (before having the Digitool...
• Re: throttle body round thing underneath
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 May 2001 11:25:09 EDT
  I have these plastic "cams" for the throttle valve switch for $6. They are dealer only but I stock them. Thanks, Ken Wilford John...
• Re: idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:18:07 -0400
  ...Bloss wrote: > I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on > our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i...
• Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:40:44 -0700
  ...It is just like one switch only. The idle switch is closed at idle throttle position and the full throttle switch is closed when...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:35:34 -0500
  ...This causes a throttle switch adjustment of .002-004 only sometimes to work. Maybe a throttle switch adjustment of .006-.008 will allow for...
• Re: Throttle position switch COVER!! Who knew ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:53:42 -0700
  ...shows the early 2 switch setup in the illustration. Mark John Meeks wrote: > Hey Vanagon addicts, > > Had my throttle body out to swap in...
• Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:04:44 -0400
  ...I could not find the throttle position switches. No wiring leading to them either. This van was built in October 1985; is it possible...