Date:         Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:01:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stalling at stop lights
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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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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