>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:07:00 -0800 >From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> >Subject: Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer? > >Only because you didn't explicitly say it, I'll ask.... You did tighten the >distributor locknut before starting the engine the second time, right? Yes! >There's an actual procedure in Bentley for testing the idle stabilizer but >I've always figured it was working if the timing was "jittery" after it was >plugged in. The timing is jittery, but it's also about 5-10 degrees advanced from where I set it w/o the idle stabilizer, which just seems wrong to me. Further info: This is an 85 with digijet (in case that wasn't clear). I went ahead and disconnected the idle stabilizer, reset the timing and idle, and drove it around for 30 minutes, leaving the idle stabilizer disconnected. It ran fine -- the only problem was that when I returned home and the van was fully warmed up, the idle was high. So I'm leaning towards the conclusion that something is wrong with my stabilizer. |
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