

| Subject: | Re: Idle at 2k rpm w/ AC on - why? |
| From: | Dr. Rainer Woitok |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:07:45 +0100 |
Gordon and others, On Mon, 1999-03-15 09:11:25 -1000, Gordon C Smith wrote: > My idle does not drop below 2000 rpm while the AC is on. If I reach up and > shut off the AC the idle goes back down to about 900 or so. This happens > when the engine is warm, at first it was intermittant but now it happens > all the time. Check your idle stabilizer. When the engine is idling the AC compressor would lower the engine's RPMs and the idle stabilizer will try to undo this drop in RPMs. Yours probably just does too good a job, so I'd check that part first. Hope this helps. Sincerely Rainer '89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rainer M Woitok | Phone: (+49-9131) 85-27811,-27031 | | Regionales Rechenzentrum | | | Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet | Fax : (+49-9131) 30 29 41 | | Martens-Strasse 1 | Telex: d 629 755 tf erl | | D-91058 Erlangen | | | Germany | Mail: Woitok@RRZE.Uni-Erlangen.DE | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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