John and Vicki
  Think exhaust leak, AFM issue and/or throttle switch.  Good luck.

Rich and Annemarie
85 GL "Buba"
98 Bug

>From: John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
>Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Idle at 1900 rpm
>Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:45:13 -0600
>
>Tough on a cold engine, hard on the clutch, increases gas consumption,
>and is just a thorn in the side purely because it's a machine that is
>not running like it'supposed to, which is for the serious (make that
>anal) owner or mechanic  , pure anathema.
>
>Mines doing the same thing, so I'm going to work on it this weekend.
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>
>Vicki Derrer wrote:
>
> > Hi all you gurus,
> >     What would be the cause of a consistent, unwavering idle of 1900
> > rpm on
> > a manual transmission 85 Westy with 130K miles and a rebuilt engine?
> > In
> > discussing this with my mechanic prior to taking it in next week, he
> > says it
> > "could be" one of two parts, each costing about $150 without labor,
> > and
> > possibly both of them.  And, how bad is it to have such a high idle,
> > anyway?
> > What damage does it cause?
> >     TIA, Vicki

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