I would replace the idle stabilizer, but the engine behaves the same way with the stabilizer bypassed...so that should be telling me that it is not the problem, at least that seems logical enough. thanks for trying to help though, appreciated... sw --- Tracy Bonin <icculus22420@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > I have an 85' and was expierencing the same exact > thing. I went to change my idle stabilizer, noticed > that I didn't even have one, installed the new one, > and problems are all gone. The only thing left that > I wonder about is after driving it for a period of > time, either on the highway or in town it will idle > high, at like 1900-2000...weird, it did that before > I put the new idle stabilizer on too. > But all other problems were gone, the slow loss of > idle when cold, the fast drop to stall while driving > and putting the clutch in (still while cold). At > least all that are gone. > Sooo, you might want to try that first. It's cheap > ($15 at the busdepot), and simple to fix. > have fun, > Tracy > 85'GL "Ripple" > Scott Wilson <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> wrote:so i set > the idle to about 1500 rpm, trying to get the > thing to idle in the morning. when i start it up, it > will start out about there, and then it slowly goes > down and dies. once it is warm it will idle about > 900, > then when it is up to running temp, it will idle at > 1500. anybody have any idea what the deal is? thanks > in advance > > > ===== > Scott Wilson > 85 GL Westfalia > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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