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Date:         Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:47:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
Comments: To: "Mike D." <md03@XOCHI.COM>
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From: "Mike D." <md03@XOCHI.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?

> >Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:07:00 -0800 > >From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> > >Subject: Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer? > >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. > 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.

My recollection of the jitteriness of the timing with the idle stabilizer plugged in was that it jittered above and below the timing mark, not consistently advanced or retarded. You may want to try the Bentley test of the idle stabilizer or try substituting another, if you can.

--------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia ---------------------------------------------------------------


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