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Subject:Re: Low RPM drift/surge, what is it?
From:Tonya Pope
Date:Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:04:50 -0800

Hotch wrote:
> 
> 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

Are you sure about the 800-900?  Mine idles around 1100-1200 (when it is
behaving).

Tonya
87 Vanagon GL Wolfs
74 S. Beetle