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Subject:Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 24 May 2012 08:17:08 -0400

At 11:19 PM 5/23/2012, Daryl Christensen wrote:
>Ok..Here is one I have never seen before..Dennis ? Mark ?
>Hold throttle at about 2000 rpm  ( out of gear) and it cuts out and drops to
>about idle and then back up to 2k and drops again, etc..
>Will rev higher if you open throttle quickly and get it above 3k or so.
>  Idles fine.

Throttle position switch stuck closed/shorted.  You're running into
the deceleration mode fuel shutoff.  You can make a lovely paint
shaker if you put it in first and hold your foot just so.

Yours,
David