Austin wrote:
>
> At 01:34 AM 9/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >>
> >I have an '88 with the exact symptoms you describe. With one additional
> >feature. If I blip the throttle sharply up to about 3500 rpm I can get the
> >idle to drop to 1000. I'm taking it to a local mechanic tomorrow, as I
> >don't have the time to fiddle with it myself - but the mechanic said that
> >often the throttle butterfly gets coated with carbon and then does not
> >close easily - hence high idle. I had already checked the idle stabilizer
> >and cleaned that out - so I'll know tomorrow what the verdict is.
> >
> >Todd Last
> >'88 Westfalia
> >
> More likely is that the bearings and/or the butterfly shaft that rides in
> the bearings of the throttle housing have become worn.
>
> Austin
If you need a new throttle body, you can expect to have to pay the
dealer +/- $600.00.  I would look far and wide for a used component.