Date:         Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:00:30 -0500
Reply-To:     "Warner, Jeff (DSIO)" <Jeff.Warner@DSIO.DLA.MIL>
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From:         "Warner, Jeff (DSIO)" <Jeff.Warner@DSIO.DLA.MIL>
Subject:      Re: High Idle,
              Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabilizer Controller) Stickin g TB!!!
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AH HA!!!

That's got to be it!  I've been having exactly the same high idle symptoms
discussed in these various messages.  Went through absolutely everything by
the book and still have a mystery high idle every once in a while.
Especially after coming off a long high speed(?) run.  Sometimes I can kick
it down and sometimes not.  I remember now that when I was resetting the
idle stop screw to spec that it seemed like it was trying to stick.  Thanks
Frank for reminding me of it.  Anyone got a good price on a new throttle
body?

I've still got a surging idle sometimes but I'm still chalking that one up
to a vacuum leak I haven't found or a slow OXS.  It's always rock solid when
I'm working on it but then of course the surging thing will rear its ugly
head when the back end is fully loaded and we're away from home.  Typical!


Jeff Warner
Galloway, OH
VW stuff piling up on the lawn.

PS. Thanks also to Frank for the nice relay kit and bulbs.

Date:    Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:54:31 EST
From:    Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabilizer Controller)

Throttle body flap sticking.  Remove the throttle body and look in the
throat.  Bet you find some grooves in the bottom where the flap has worn in.
I have two of them here in that condition.  Nothing can be done as far as I
know except replace the throttle body with a good one.

Cheers

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada