same part number on the Idle Stabilizers on my inline as is on the WBX

  I just wondered if there might be a known issue during really cold weather
with that part.  Maybe mine did go south in a year.  It was a really "Good
Deal" priced one from somewhere like "The Parts  Train' or one of those..
  Don Hanson

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> WBX Idle Stabilizer is fine at any temp, 1.9 and 2.1 both - but you have a
> non-standard engine so...
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  It the idle control valve prone to problems during cold weather?  I
>> replaced mine with a new one last fall..and today it again started doing
>> the
>> "1500 rpm.....down to normal idle....1500rpm.....down to normal idle...
>> cycle.  Zero degree weather overnight and not going above about 10f all
>> day.  Van would not start without a bit of throttle either, first thing
>> this
>> morning...The cycling of the idle speed was this evening..and lasted for
>> about 10 miles until the van was really up to warm temps.  Exact symptoms
>> I
>> had from a failed Idle Control Valve...One shouldn't fail in under one
>> year,
>> right?  Hope not they are not cheap .
>>  Do these things ice up or get sluggish in extreme cold?
>>  Don Hanson
>>
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