Wow! Is it because it's such an underpowered engine then? I've driven my
share of cars over the years and 300rpm at best seems the jump for when the
compressor is engaging...but +1000 rpm over base idle?

Thanks.
shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:46 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: a/c and idle

rsf wrote:

>My idle shoots up 1000rpm when the a/c in turned on. What factors and
>failure trends are at work here and what needs replaced?
>
>Shawn
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Sounds like it's worKing just right to me.

The idle stabilizer increases rpm under the following conditions to
prevent engine stalling:

A/C is  on
Steering is against the locks one direction or the other (power steering)
Cold Engine Start

Regards.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver