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Subject:Re: Cold Idle Problem
From:Steven Shelton
Date:Thu, 7 Sep 2017 18:44:45 -0400

I should have said that it is a 1985 so it is water cooled. Also, it idles
fine when I first start at about 750 RPM but only stumbles after driving a
short distance.

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On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 4:37 PM, S DaRoota <sdaroota@gmail.com> wrote:

> You may have to remove your Aux air, (inspect the rubber elbow tube as
> well, mine failed on me)  and after years the aux air regulator tends to
> get full of gunky oil.
>
> I'm assuming this is an air cooled?
>
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Steven Shelton <shelton4@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I really thought I had my cold idling problem solved when I found the
>> elbow
>> connector to the Auxilliary Air Regulator split at both ends. But after
>> replacing it, the engine still stumbles and dies after driving and
>> stopping
>> about 1/2 mile from my house. Once it warms up, it's fine.
>>
>> As before, when I pinch the hose to the AAR, there is no change in the
>> idle, which means there is a problem there but before I try to take a
>> closer look, there was an unanswered in Samba about at what temperature
>> the
>> AAR works. Is it too warm for the AAR to function? The air temperature
>> when
>> I tested it was 77 degrees.
>>
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