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Date:         Sat, 30 Jan 1999 00:34:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Idle hunting problem, 85 1.9l
Comments: cc: Joel Walker <jwalker@tusc.net>
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Joel wrote: my responses are in caps (i'm not shouting) >idle hunting is usually a sign of the idle stabilizer trying to >figure out what's what ... so either the coolant temp sensor >wiring or the sensor itself (NEW) isn't functioning properly (in which >case, the bus SHOULD be stalling and dying at red lights) IT'S NOT, or the >wiring to the O2 sensor isn't quite right JUST ONE WIRE AND I DID A GREAT >SPLICE. what happens usually >is that the mixture (rich/lean) is too lean, the O2 sensor >detects this, the computer increases the mixture, and it's too >rich, the O2 sensor detects this and the computer leans it out, >and we start all over again. > >it COULD be the throttle switch(es) NEW, but they usually make the >idle run higher, not hunt up and down. > Thanks Joel, Any other thoughts?

Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne Two nuts hangin' in the Allentown,PA tree! E-Mail: cdcaston@nni.com


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