James Remove your ISCU (Idle Stabilizer Control Unit) located behind the right tail light. Open it and check if the power transistor ( small black device with 3 pins) seems overheated. You will have to replace it. It will be great if you could borrow from somebody else (expensive device). Your idle valve could be OK. You can run without the idle stabilizer. It is usefull during the warming up and during idling when a load is applied to the engine (ex A/C unit running). Germain ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Benthall" <Taobythesea@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:28 PM Subject: Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up?
> Thanks Sam, > I bought a used (but supposedly in new condition) idle stabilizer from Ebay, > but it > doesn't hum when I touch it with the key in on position as Germain pointed > out (thanks > Germain!). Do they all "hum" like that? Maybe I got ripped off...I'll > check into the Temp > sensor. [I hope that isn't connected to the 02sensor, since my o2sensor has > a "missing" > connector...missing cause we had to use the wire harness from an 1984 we put > this > thing back together]. Oh well... do you think a bad idle stabilizer would > keep me from > making it to Minnesota? > Thanks for the advice and zip file ;-) > James Benthall > 87 Westy (The Phoenix) |
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