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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
>