

| Subject: | 91 Vanagon idle problems |
| From: | Karen Gritis |
| Date: | Thu, 9 May 2002 10:23:32 -0400 |
Help! My vanagon had a new engine put in about 6 weeks ago after I threw a rod. It hasn't run right since. Idle speed was really low when I first picked it up, but I thought it was just an adjustment that I needed to get it back to the shop for. Well, then when I turned the A/C on for the first time all hell broke loose as I wrote you guys and gals before. RPMs went all over the place, revving very high and refusing to die, even when the ignition was turned off. My thanks to all the list members who took the time to explain the ICV and ISM to me and to point me in the right drection. Took it back to the shop. They found a loose wire between the Idle Stabilizer Module and the engine and supposedly fixed the problem. On the way home it did the revving thing again twice and wouldn't allow me to turn it off. Took it back to the shop. They can't duplicate the problem so don't know what the fix is. Both days that I had such problems were 90 degree days and I had run the A/C, we haven't had such weather since, could this be an issue? I still don't have any trust that this issue is resolved. So now, I noticed that it's running rich and rough. Took it back to the shop, they checked the O2 sensor, the ECU, the AFM and who knows whatall. They found that it was running on 3 cylinders. After disconnecting and reconnecting and moving things around and checking the compression a couple of times, they told me they don't know what they did, but that the problem is fixed and the compression is at 120 on all four. My husband picked it up last night and says that on the way home that the RPMs would go so low that the oil light would come on. I drove it today and don't see any of that, although it seems to be running loudly and somewhat unevenly. What is going on? Anybody know? Failing that, does anybody have a shop that they feel is knowledgable and trustworthy in the DC/Northern Virginia area? I thought I had both, but I'm beginning to wonder. Thanks, Karen
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