Sounds like a vacuum leak. Check the rubber tubes between the intake runners and the intake manifold. Spray a nonflammable carb cleaner on an area while the engine is acting up and listen for the RPMs to change. Good Luck & Drive Safely Ken Lewis Kernersville NC <Heart of the Triad> 86 VW Transporter Three Door Pickup (168K) 60 Porsche T5 Coupe On Thu, 7 Aug 1997 13:51:03 -0500 lcarter@cowichan.com (Larry Carter) writes: >Hello; Recently my 87 GL has taken on another character trait. after >running enough to get the temperature up, the idle stays at 2000 rpm. >Sometimes (about 1 in 10) it will drop back to 1000. Another (possibly >related) symptom is when de-cellerating the van will hiccup, similar >to >running out of gas sensation. I checked the engine compartment for >obvious >problems, nothing, everything is tight with nothing dis-connected. >Oh, I >recently had the engine compartment pressure washed, and these >symptoms >started after that. What is the problem? Where should I start? >TIA Larry Carter > >
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