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Date:         Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:08:07 -0500
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From:         "Gregory Mitch Daughtry" <gmdaugh@eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject:      Re: Low RPM drift/surge, what is it?

I concur on idle speed at about 800-900 rpm. I am pretty sure this is stated in Bentley, as well.

Tonya, maybe your idle speed is set too high?

On Nov 26, 2:06pm, Tonya Pope wrote: > Subject: Re: Low RPM drift/surge, what is it? > Hotch wrote: > > > > Gordon C Smith wrote: > > > > > > I have an '87 GL Wolfs. I have not had it very long. It seems to run rough > > > at low RPMs. It idles at about 800. If I try to nudge it up to 1100 or > > > 1200 RPM it seems to drift and surge. > > > > > > Is this characteristic of anything in particular? > > > > > > Thanks and aloha, > > > > > > Gordon Smith > > > > Gordon, > > > > The idle should be at about 800-900 rpm, trying to force it to run > > faster will confuse the electronics. > > -- > > Hotch > > 86 GL 123K > > Philly > > hotch@netaxs.com > > Are you sure about the 800-900? Mine idles around 1100-1200 (when it is > behaving). > > Tonya > 87 Vanagon GL Wolfs > 74 S. Beetle >-- End of excerpt from Tonya Pope

-- - Greg Daughtry -


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