85 1.9 does not have an idle stabilizer valve. Idle stabilization is done by advancing the ignition timing. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of John Rodgers Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:05 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Stalling at stop lights With the engine warm, diusconnect the idle stabilizer valve. Drive it a bit and see what happens. I had an 85 GL with 1.9L WBX and it did exactly what you are talking about. I did the test. it was the valve. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Schaper wrote: >84 1.9L westphalia, manual transmission. Relatively (less than 5K miles) >new valves and heads. Its been running great with an idle RPM of around >1,000. But over the weekend, while stopped at stop lights, over the course >of 20-30 seconds, the rpm's decline, engine runs rough, engine dies. Vacuum >lines new and connected. What else might I look for? > >John Schaper >Assistant Director Ancillary Services >Health Services Agency >P.O. Box 3271 >Modesto, CA 95353 >209.558.7102 >209.558.8320 (fax) >jschaper@schsa.org > > > > |
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