You are not adjusting your idle correctly. Why did you try to find a particular
timing spot for idle? How did you set your idle? You should always establish a
correct timing before adjusting everything else. If timing is off you can't
possibly make a correct idle adjustment.

David

>
> craig cowan wrote:
> > Hello all. I've been trying to find the root of my idle issues, but im still
> > unsure. Heres the problem..... It will start right up....then run rough or
> > die right off. Then, it will start right back up again. It runs fine though
> > (except for the idle issue), plenty of power and all that good stuff. So
> > i've played with the timing and found that certain spots will allow it to
> > idle (though really poorly) but will not allow it to run right. These are
> > clearly the wrong spots for timing. I marked the distributor before playing
> > with timing, so i know its back where it was....but the idle still runs very
> > strangely. I've played with setting the idle through the screw on the
> > throttle body and have had it everywhere from 1 turn out (from close) to 6
> > turns out. It does have an effect, but not much. All this is being done with
> > the idle control plugs unplugged and plugged into eachother. SO, i somehow
> > found a combination of timing and idle speed setting that actually runs
> > pretty well. So, i plugged the idle control unit back in expecting that to
> > take over the rest and make it run right.....No change. But its idling along
> > pretty well...till it randomly runs like crap again. Totally random. Then,
> > idles along fine. Any thoughts?
> > It runs a little better when warmed up.
> >
> > -Craig
> > '85GL
> >
>

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