Thanks, Don -- Idle control valve. Where the heck is that? Bentley's page?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 12/16/2009 1:24 PM Don Hanson wrote:

> Idle control valve.  Don Hanson
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     While I'm waiting for the engine to do that no power thing again (see
>     below) so I can try the WD-40 in the dizzie to see if that helps,
>     the van
>     did something interesting while I was at the bank's drive up window.
>
>     Thar I was, minding my own business while the nice lady was
>     processing my
>     deposit when I noticed that the engine was idling high (1.9L, AT,
>     transmission in Park, engine warm). So I tapped the gas pedal to see if
>     anything needed unsticking, and the rpms dropped to about 1000, then
>     climbed to about 1800, then dropped to 1000, climbed back to 1800,
>     and did
>     this over and over. The period was about 2 seconds. The O2 meter thing
>     showed full rich when the engine was speeding up, full lean when it
>     dropped back to lower rpm. Tapping the gas pedal did not correct
>     this, the
>     first or second time, but on the third try, the engine dropped back into
>     normal idle with the O2 gauge swinging lazily from end to end. When
>     driving, the O2 gauge showed normal, rapid, swings.
>
>     --
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>     Bend, OR
>     KG6RCR
>
>
>         On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>             I had to run some errands today. Unlike last week, when it
>             was well below
>             freezing, and the van ran just fine, we've been experiencing
>             some
>             above-freezing temperatures, and today it was raining. So
>             I'd have to say
>             that it's somewhat humid (like, 90%) today, but not
>             particularly cold
>             (mid
>             30's [F]).
>
>             On more than one occasion the engine ran like poo-poo after
>             being
>             started.
>             Was gutless; and pressing on the gas pedal didn't do
>             anything useful. I
>             mean, the engine kind of sped up a bit, but let's just say
>             that someone
>             honked at me in irritation 'cause it took me so long to
>             cross the street.
>
>             But after a few moments, the engine got with the program and
>             gave no
>             trouble for the rest of the trip . . . until I parked the
>             van, went into
>             some store to find something pretty for Mrs Squirrel, came
>             back out,
>             started the van and the whole gutless thing started over again.
>
>             There's something fishy going on.
>
>             --
>             Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>             84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>             74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan
>             Capistrano, Calif.)
>             Bend, OR
>             KG6RCR
>
>
>
>