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Subject:Re: Low RPM drift/surge, what is it?
From:Hotch
Date:Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:49:30 -0500

Gordon C Smith wrote:
> 
> I have an '87 GL Wolfs. I have not had it very long. It seems to run rough
> at low RPMs. It idles at about 800. If I try to nudge it up to 1100 or
> 1200 RPM it seems to drift and surge.
> 
> Is this characteristic of anything in particular?
> 
> Thanks and aloha,
> 
> Gordon Smith

Gordon,

The idle should be at about 800-900 rpm, trying to force it to run
faster will confuse the electronics.
-- 
Hotch
86 GL 123K
Philly
hotch@netaxs.com