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Subject:UPDATE:Re: 1.9L-poor cold running, tach and van bucking
From:Scott Wilson
Date:Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:08:34 -0700

the rpm goes down "while" the gas is depressed...then
pops back up, then might go down again, etc..I think i
may have solved the problem, was looking around in the
bay last night, and found the hall sender that is
attached to the dist. just hanging off! i could see
how maybe one or more of the wires might be contacting
the distributer itself...so a put a tie wrap on it and
some silicone goo around the base area...no problems
other than weak idle as usual, no bucking this
morning, but it always seems to buck on my way to
lunch, so i'll find out if things are better this
afternoon i think...thanks for all the ideas

--- Craig Oda <craig@ODA-INC.NET> wrote:
> Scott,
> do you have an idle control stabilizer in your van
> or did you or the
> previous owner take it out?  Does the RPM go down
> when you have the gas
> depressed or after you let it go?
>
> -- Craig
>
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 08:45:22 -0700, Scott Wilson
> <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >since my van does not idle well in the morning, i
> >usually have to sit there and warm it up with my
> foot.
> >this will eventually be fixed, the real problem of
> the
> >day is that the van has been bucking, like i left
> the
> >afm unplugged, and not just under load. if i rev
> her
> >up to 2k or so, i can watch the tach. sitting
> there,
> >then go down to 1k or so, then run a few seconds
> fine,
> >then down to 1.5k, etc...
> > am i in need of a new afm? already tried the
> >capicitor fix, no help...if this is not the afm,
> what
> >could it be? hall sender? any ideas appreciated
> >
> >=====
> >Scott Wilson
> >85 GL Westfalia
> >
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Scott Wilson
85 GL Westfalia

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