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• 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...
• replace stabilizer link Q?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:35:03 EDT
  The Stabilizer Link on the passenger side of my bus broke today with a disturbing noise during routine braking. It doesn't look like...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:51:14 -0800
  ...14 BTDC leave the stabilizer off Jay L Says : 2 BTDC w/stabilizer Bently sez : 5 ATDC w/stabilizer hmm...
• Idle Stabilizer question.
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:03:31 -0700
  So, I purchased a new Idle Stabilizer today. And tonight I was able to get my ETKA software installed. I am now confused. The...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 05:12:03 -0500
  suggest returning to 5 deg BTDC @ 900 rpm (stabilizer bypassed). remember, as engine surges centrifical and vacuum advance come into play, so significant part...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 27 May 2009 18:18:54 -0400
  Bernie wrote: > My mechanic says that my 85 Vanagon 1.9 doesn't have a idle stabilizer.Do I > need a new mechanic? Well...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:47:56 -0800
  ...Bad Idle Stabilizer? > >Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:07:00 -0800 > >From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> > >Subject: Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer? > >There...
• High idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:25:25 -0500
  ...I've swapped out the idle stabilizer, disconnected and reconnected the plug on the stabilizer, checked to see if the stabilizer vibrates when it...
• 82 air-cooled eating idle stabilizers
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:32:23 -0600
  ...It seems to go through idle stabilizers. He can bypass the idle stabilizer and get it to run, but with it plugged in it...
• Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - VWQ47
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:53:57 +1000
  I need to replace a couple of the bushings on the stabilizer (anti-roll) bar in my '82 Vanagon. I have the replacements and...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:51:14 -0500
  ...14 BTDC leave the stabilizer off > Jay L Says : 2 BTDC w/stabilizer > Bently sez : 5 ATDC w/stabilizer > >hmm...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:45:26 -0500
  ...When you bypass the idle stabilizer, you can wind up with the engine stalling. I good idle stabilizer will try to keep the engine...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:51:48 -0800
  ...I went ahead and disconnected the idle stabilizer, reset the timing and idle, and drove it around for 30 minutes, leaving the idle stabilizer...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:50:20 -0800
  ...Bad Idle Stabilizer? > >suggest returning to 5 deg BTDC @ 900 rpm (stabilizer bypassed). remember, >as engine surges centrifical and vacuum advance come into play...
• 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
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:10:31 -0800
  Are you sure? I'm not quite sure witch parts you are referring to, but my '88 Digifant has an idle stabilizer valve, and...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:29:52 -0800
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_104_154/voltage_stabilizer___see_descr iption.html Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: High idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:40:50 -0500
  It could be that both of the idle stabilizer units are bad (used ones have a pretty high failure rate, especially the older ones...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster-installed picture available?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:49:51 -0500
  Does anyone out there have a pic of this voltage stabilizer installed in the cluster? Just wondering if there is any tricky micro-soldering...
• Re: interesting idle issue (CORRECTION)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:33:26 EST
  ...If it idles all right under that condition, check the idle stabilizer controller and its attendant wiring. >> Should read: If that is kosher, try...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 May 2009 18:39:58 -0700
  maybe............there is definitely an idle stabilizer gizmo ......a small electronic box......and 1.9 waterboxer vanagons. it's just to the left of...
• Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Chris Higgins
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 19:19:57 -0500
  I recently discovered that the front driver's-side stabilizer link on my 81 Vanagon was broken. You know, the small bar which connects...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:57:04 -0700
  ...When you bypass the idle stabilizer, you > can wind up with the engine stalling. I good idle stabilizer will try to > keep the engine...
• Re: High idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:47:30 -0500
  ...I've swapped out the idle stabilizer, disconnected >>and reconnected the plug on the stabilizer, checked to see if the >>stabilizer vibrates when it...
• Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:52:07 -0800
  ...Disconnected the idle stabilizer and plugged the two plugs together 2. Loosened the distributor locknut 3. Started the engine, adjusted timing to 5 BTDC...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:52:31 -0700
  ...Idle Stabilizer > Does anyone know about what an idle stabilizer for a 2.1L cost?? > > Thanks > > Tim > 87Wolfsburg >
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:07:00 -0800
  ...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: Idle Control
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 Nov 2020 16:13:50 -0500
  ...Should it still idle without the stabilizer, and if so, does > that suggest what to look at? It should idle fine without the stabilizer...
• Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:49:35 -0800
  I've been asking around about getting a used instrument cluster so that I can get one with a good voltage stabilizer (mine won...
• VOLTAGE STABILIZER
  Historical mailing list - Erick Sowder
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 15:04:00 -0400
  DOES ANYONE KNOW if the voltage stabilizer is supposed to be insulated from the back of the instrument cluster. Everytime I try to fix...
• Re: 82 air-cooled eating idle stabilizers
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:07:49 -0500
  ...It seems to go through idle stabilizers. He can > bypass the idle stabilizer and get it to run, but with it plugged in it...
• FS on eBay: Idle Stabilizer valve and Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:45:54 -0400
  ...VW Vanagon Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (including idle stabilizer valve) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2411584792 1990 VW Vanagon...
• Idle Control
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:27:51 +0000
  Hi Vanagon Types I have a question about the idle stabilizer. My '85 starts and runs fine, including idle at about 900 rpm, with...
• idle stabilizer for 84
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:23:41 -0600
  someone suggested i look at my idle stabilizer (I have a rough idle), but i looked in bentley and it shows no idle stabilizer...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:51:00 -0400
  > > Does anyone know about what an idle stabilizer for a 2.1L cost?? > I think they're over $300... look at www.busdepot.com...
• idle stabilizer Gulf
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 05 Dec 1995 14:52:12
  Does anyone know where the idle stabilizer is located on an 87 Gulf?
• voltage Stabilizer/Regulator - Correct Part?
  Historical mailing list - karen davis
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:08:13 +0000
  I've been blowing voltage stabilizers (3 prong thingie under dash). I've gone through 4 and still I haven't found the root...
• Re: 82 air-cooled eating idle stabilizers
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:28:19 -0500
  Sometimes if the hall sender is bad it can fry the idle stabilizer, but a bad hal sender will cause intermittent ignition problems that...
• Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:48:05 EDT
  Does anyone know about what an idle stabilizer for a 2.1L cost?? Thanks Tim 87Wolfsburg
• Re: voltage Stabilizer/Regulator - Correct Part?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:04:50 -0500
  ...voltage Stabilizer/Regulator - Correct Part? I've been blowing voltage stabilizers (3 prong thingie under dash). I've gone through 4 and still I...
• Idle stabilizer question...
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 18:32:02 -0400
  Hello Everyone, When i was swapping out my throttle position switch...i noticed that my idle stabilizer valve was not humming....so i checked...
• Re: 82 air-cooled eating idle stabilizers
  Historical mailing list - Nina Flynn
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:06:38 -0800
  ...It seems to go through idle stabilizers. He can > bypass the idle stabilizer and get it to run, but with it plugged in it...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 09:06:07 -0600
  ...Pre-'86, there is no Idle Stabilizer *Valve*, only the electronic Idle Stabilizer connected to the distributor circuitry. The former may connect as you...
• idle stabilizer valve
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:43:16 -0700
  I have a used Digifant idle stabilizer valve from an 87 Vanagon. Works great - asking $50. Damian
• 87 Idle Stabilizer Problem
  Historical mailing list - Gambill, Billy G
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:48:13 -0600
  ...After reviewing the manual, I suspect it may be the Idle Stabilizer Valve or Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (behind the right rear taillight). I...
• Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:51:35 -0800
  ...Other question, I'm replacing the bushing where the stabilizer link fits over the stabilizer bar(the stabilizer link is the vertical piece between...
• Stabilizer bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Myyahoo
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:33:40 -0700
  ...Does anyone have suggestions to "gracefully" remove/replace the rubber doughnut bushings between the stabilizer bar and stabilizer links? I'm concerned with damaging...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:30:58 -0800
  ...It is these three wires that are routed through > the two plugs on the idle stabilizer. > > Having hacksawed open my defunct idle stabilizer, I...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:26:43 -0400
  ...Idle Stabilizer > > > Does anyone know about what an idle stabilizer for a 2.1L cost?? > > > > Thanks > > > > Tim > > 87Wolfsburg > >
• Re: 82 air-cooled eating idle stabilizers
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:27:32 -0600
  Hi Eric, I guess I forgot to mention that the 82 air-cooled in question is a California model, which has an idle stabilizer...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 21:01:13 -0700
  Dan Soiney wrote: > > My idle stabilizer seems to have a hyperactive streak lately. The idle is > around 2000 rpm, somewhat intermittently. When I disconnect...
• Re: Fuel and temp gauges - wacky
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 30 May 2009 23:29:26 -0400
  Alan Felder wrote: > I am suspecting my voltage stabilizer. Mine doesn't seem to match any photos in the bentley Early Voltage stabilizers (like...
• Oil Temperature
  Historical mailing list - John Iseman
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:53:21 EDT
  I have used a quart of oil stabilizer with my vanagon with good results over ther last 10K miles. I run with 20W50 castrol...
• Idle stabilizer for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:53:34 +0000
  Anyone have a known good stabilizer they'd like to part with? Thanks Dave 85 GL 4 spd
• Cleaning the idle stabilizer valve
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:00:21 -0500
  I've pulled the idle stabilizer valve and spayed carb cleaner in it until no gook came out (lotsa gook in there) - but should...
• Idle Stabilizer fix?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 21:00:17 -0700
  ...I've unplugged the idle stabilizer and the engine now idles smoothly at 800 rpm but it chokes with the air conditioning on. When...
• Re: 83 AC cali westy need idle stabilizer plugs on harness
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 05:13:38 -0800
  ...Lots of VW's used the idle stabilizer - Rabbits and Jettas I'm sure of, probably others - so the plugs shouldn't be as...
• Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:38:10 -0700
  In an effort to find my electrical gremlins, I bypassed the idle stabilizer. My idle went from "searching" to smooth. I wan't running...
• idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Wed, 27 May 2009 15:09:15 -0700
  My mechanic says that my 85 Vanagon 1.9 doesn't have a idle stabilizer.Do I need a new mechanic? Bernie
• Stabilizer bar assembly needed.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:44:59 -0800
  I found a broken stabilizer link when changing the coil springs. Looks like it would be easier to found the full Stabilizer bar assembly...