Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1999 16:39:54 -0600
Reply-To:     V I Urban <VIBU@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         V I Urban <VIBU@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Idle Stab.-OK to bypass?
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Hello all,

The cold weather here in Illinois took it's toll on my van. When I was
cleaning off the 1/4inch thick ice off the windshield the engine started
racing to 4000 rpms all by itself. It would hover around 4000 and
sometimes drop when I would punch it. I thought maybe a bad return
spring of some kind and looked for that but everything seemed right. I
remembered someone mentioning an Idle Stabilizer a while back so I
looked in my Bently and saw something about bypassing it by
disconnecting the wire terminal. So I did that and the problem
disappeared the idle is a little lower now(500-750rpm) but it's not
racing. Will I be allrght driving the van this way back to my home in
Wichita,KS(460miles)?

Any helpful advice appreciated.

Later, Bill Urban
'91 Carat