Date:         Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:06:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Bill Urban <KC-Sadie-VW@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Urban <KC-Sadie-VW@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Idle Stabilizer fix
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Hello all,

Over the X-mas holidays my idle stabilizer decided to go out. The engine
started racing to 4000rpms all by itself. I bypassed the stab. by
disconnecting the electrical conection going to it and consulted the
list. All the rsponses were helpful, THANKS.

 Larry Johnson's fix worked best and saved me $$$. He recommended to
remove the stab. and cleaning it out with throttle body cleaner and
drying it with compressed air, then spraying in some light oil. For a
temporary fix he said to just spray WD40 into it. I did the temp fix
(no access to compressed air at the time). I sprayed the WD40 into the
ports and worked the spring valve back and forth with a screw driver.
This must have freed it up because when I reinstalled the stab. it
worked fine. Cold starts are a breeze now and there is no ghost in the
machine causing it to race to ungodly rpms.
Thanks again Larry,. This list sure has helped me quite a few times.

Later, Bill
'91 Carat
Kansas