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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1998 11:09:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Chris Pittack <chrisp@MOSAIX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Pittack <chrisp@MOSAIX.COM>
Subject:      Idle Problem (87 Wasserboxer)
Comments: To: "vanagon@vanagon.com" <vanagon@vanagon.com>
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Hey there,


I'm having a unique idle problem.  Here's the story:


Dead Cold:  Starts right up, idles at 1,100 for a few seconds and then
drops to 800...no problem.  Never touched the accelerator.


Start driving and between Dead Cold and 1/8 warm on temp gauge, will not
maintain idle.  Drives fine but won't idle.  After it stalls it's hard
to start but will eventually catch. You can get it to idle if you very
slowly bring the RPM's down to idle with the accelerator pedal.


Warm:  Idles perfectly!


Any ideas...thanks-a-bunch.


Chris P.
Seattle, WA
'89 Diesel Jetta "Jake"
'87 GL Wasserboxer "Rosa"
'82 Diesel Vanagon "Billie-Rae"
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