One of the worst things you can do to the power steering rack is to turn
and force it to full lock. The second is to turn the wheel with the van
not rolling. Yes, that often has to be done for parking, but it should
be avoided.

The switch on the power steering system does nothing for the steering.
It tells the idle controller to step up the idle to keep the engine from
stalling, nothing more.

Most idle problems are due to incorrect basic settings, clogged
injectors, vacuum leaks, or an internal engine problem.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jason Willenbrock
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: more idle issues revisited

we can't seem to get enough of these threads can we?
so, i thought i would throw this out there.  i have had the erratic idle
syndrome for years now on my syncro.  i have replced the idle contol
unit,
stabilizer, and i have tinkered with all grounds and throttle switch,
nothing has worked.  when my idle starts to behave badly, i crank my
steering wheel all the way in direction (while at a stop of course)  and
that fixes the idle until the steering wheel is back to center.  is it
possible that the power steering sensor is faulty?  if so, wouldn't i
notice
poor power steering overall.  i realize the power steering sensor has
something to do with all of this, but to what capacity.
i just deal with idle for now but it can get frustrating.
thanks
jason