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Subject:Re: Idle stabilizer for 1.9
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:12:37 -0500

At 17:53 11/21/2016, Zoran Mladen wrote:
>I would agree.  On my 84, I have disconnected anything not necessary
>to make the engine run just to simplify things.  I have noticed that
>without the idle stabilizer, the idle dips more and also does not
>adjust when you turn on the A/C and I have also been told it will
>not adjust to the power steering.

P/S and A/C have solenoid valves to allow extra metered air into the
intake plenum, they don't have any awareness of the stabilizer
module.  On the 2.1l both functions are taken care of by the Idle
Control Unit which controls the Idle Stabilizer Valve which takes
care of all idle-speed issues by giving extra metered air.

Yrs,
d