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Date:         Thu, 20 May 2010 12:02:12 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bypassed DIS
Comments: To: Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
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At 11:48 AM 5/20/2010, Zoltan wrote: >Check if your idle switch is working at all. It should click when you move >the throttle arm and switch off as you release it. If it does not work, you >need to adjust that to make it work, so the computer knows that you are in >idle mode now.

This is true; but the Digijet idle stab module is completely independent of the ECU. It sits in the middle of the line between the distributor and the ignition module, and arbitrarily starts messing with the timing when the RPM falls below its operating threshold (slightly different between California and Federal models).

Yours, David


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