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Subject:Re: Engine lopes at idle
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:11:17 -0800

don't people have an idle stabilizer or two they picked up for almost
nothing in pick-n-pull yards, then tested on their van when they got home
????

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Wellhouse" <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Engine lopes at idle

> Two votes for vacuum cleak. . Besides, it's MUCH cheaper to fix than
> the idle stabilizer!!
>
> DM&FS
>
> At 05:43 PM 2/14/2009, George Wietor wrote:
>>Air/vacuum leak at intake side? George in Grand Rapids
>>'83.5 Westy Lenny
>>'87 Van O'White
>>
>>
>>--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
>> > Subject: Re: Engine lopes at idle
>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> > Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 6:18 PM
>> > Idle stabilizer?
>> > --
>> > 1991 Vanagon GL
>> >
>> > George Averill <averill@MCHSI.COM> writes:
>> >
>> > > All,
>> > > I am trying to get my 84 Vanagon up and running again.
>> >  The engine
>> > > slows down then speeds up in a cyclic pattern when
>> > idling.  The engine
>> > > runs fine while traveling down the road.
>> > >
>> > > I would appreciate any suggestions.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > George
>> > > Cataula, GA
>> > >