The 83.5 and 86 and later do not work the same way. 

Dennis

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of john Lauterbach
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 7:47 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1983.5 idle problem

I had similar problem with my '84 a couple of years ago.  I had a bad O2 sensor.

John

On Wed, 2014-01-01 at 21:03 -0600, Ian Steele wrote:
> Folks,
> Looking for any suggestions on what I think is a idle problem that I've not seen described. My vehicle is driven frequently and runs fine except for a persistent idle problem.  After driving either in cold or hot weather, I will come to a stop and initially the idle is normal. But after about 30 seconds, the idle drops and will stall unless I quickly press the accelerator.. This must be held until I actually drive on, and all will then work as expected. The next time I come to a stop, the same sequence occurs - normal idle for about 30 seconds, then will stall unless I press accelerator. One gets use to it, but there clearly is something wrong. Looking for suggestions on what might be causing this problem. This is a 1.9 1983 manual, water cooled. No mods from original have been made.
> Looking for a 2014 with this fixed!
>
> Ian in Indiana
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