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Subject:Re: What to check first unstable idle
From:John Rodgers
Date:Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:25:16 -0500

Lots of good ideas being put forth on this.

When my 2.1L was acting this way - it was the  hose that connects from
the crankcase vent on top of the engine over to the AFM. It looked fine
from the top, but when I reached underneath it was rotted out. A new
hose solved the problem.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Doug Noganav wrote:
> Anybody have any tips on where to start looking for reason for unstable idle?
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> 88 2.1L idles 900 then speeds up to 1900 slowly then back to 900 and so forth.
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> idea?
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> Doug
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