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Date:         Fri, 5 Jun 1998 14:42:32 -0500
Reply-To:     "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
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From:         "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Extreme high idle
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Comments: cc: Fred Younger <f1y@CSM1.DOIT.WISC.EDU>
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Sounds like water in the annulus of the throttle cable and its
sleeve.  It'll eventually rust too and make it stick worse.


> I've had runaway engine problems in a 77 van and an 85 vanagon.
> They always occurred in the winter, and they always went away after
> the engine warmed up, or I pulled over and jiggled the heck out of
> the throttle linkage at the engine end.  I always suspected ice
> build up somewhere but I never figured out where.


Regards,


-Karl
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