

| Subject: | Re: All Is Not Well in Air Conditioning Land |
| From: | Harry Hoffman |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:42:29 -0400 |
Hi John, I'd be very interested in hearing what you find out. I just got my A/C recharged and working (it feels great too) but now idle is 1k+ and anything lower and the engine will die (with or without A/C running). Cheers, harry On 08/16/2011 11:46 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > After all my excitement about having air conditioning - a new problem > has reared it's ugly head. Out of control RPM. > > After I got my AC system working - I noted the engine idled way to fast, > even with the AC turned off. Work associated with the AC effort was > getting the vacuum lines connected correctly - which they were not. Now, > with everything as it should be - apparently - the engine idles to fast, > as I said, even with the AC off. I went through the idle adjustment > procedure per Bentley, and with O2 sensor and ISV disconnected, and > engine warm, it idled perfect - 850 +- rpm. When I reconnected - the > engine died. Repeated the procedure, it will not idle when O2 and ISV > are reconnected, I could only get the rpm by adjusting while the ISV is > connected - and it is approximately correct but still is a bit to fast. > I can leave the ISV disconnected and just run it - which i have done for > years, but now I have the AC working, I need that to work in conjuncton > with the AC to keep the engine from stalling and it's not happening. > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > > John > > -- > John Rodgers > Clayartist and Moldmaker > 88'GL VW Bus Driver > Chelsea, AL > Http://www.moldhaus.com >
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