My "new" 84 is doing several odd things, not necessarily related. It idles fine, but just a slight touch on the pedal causes the idle speed to fluctuate, up and down. Sounds like this might be the Surge thing recently mentioned on the list, mostly a pain when trying to creep though a parking lot or up my driveway. Second item: it sometimes "blinks" as in stops running, then does again, elapsed time less than a second. It feels like an electrical thing, since it just stops, then goes, no backfire or change in engine sound. It will do it just idling or at speed. The Third Item, possibly related to the second, is that it completely stops running, as if the ignition were turned off, until I turn the key off and then back on, then it runs again. I tried poking at the ignition switch, and got all excited thinking I'd induced it to happen, then realized I was actually just turning the key off. Hah. Anyhow, we're about to boldly cast off to New York and back in this car, so if I could chase away some of this behavior (the Van's, not mine) it would be good. Insights? Thanks Off White Tenino, WA |
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