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Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2018 17:02:04 -0800
Reply-To:     "J.C." <dougm+sfbayrangers@KZSU.STANFORD.EDU>
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From:         "J.C." <dougm+sfbayrangers@KZSU.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject:      Rough Idle on 82 Diesel (which oddly has a ~10 sec repeat.)
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Question for the list. I have an '82, with a TDI engine swap, that started idling rough. Quickly progressed to the point of dying (before warming up) a couple of times. What I found peculiar was that, when I idled at a higher RPM (so the engine wouldn't completely die) the hesitation seeming would repeat itself at approx 10s intervals. (And after it warmed up a while, the interval seemed to extend to about 20s.)

I actually recorded this phenomenon in case it's helpful (or simply interesting) in diagnosing the issue. A link to it is here: https://soundcloud.com/user-359399352/rough-idle-consistent-repeat

Might anyone have any pointers for helping me diagnose this problem?

Thanks in advance. ᐧ


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