Date:         Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:07:45 +0100
Reply-To:     "Dr. Rainer Woitok" <woitok@RRZE.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE>
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From:         "Dr. Rainer Woitok" <woitok@RRZE.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE>
Organization: RRZE (Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen)
Subject:      Re: Idle at 2k rpm w/ AC on - why?
Comments: To: Gordon C Smith <gordo@HAWAII.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  Msg <Pine.GSO.4.05.9903150910230.1105-100000@uhunix4> of 1999-
              3-15 09:11:25 -1000 from gordo@HAWAII.EDU
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Gordon and others,

On Mon, 1999-03-15 09:11:25 -1000, Gordon C Smith wrote:

> My idle does not drop below 2000 rpm while the AC is on. If I reach up and
> shut off the AC  the idle goes back down to about 900 or so. This happens
> when the engine is warm, at first it was intermittant but now it happens
> all the time.

Check your idle stabilizer.  When the engine is idling the AC compressor
would lower the engine's  RPMs and the  idle stabilizer will try to undo
this drop  in RPMs.  Yours probably  just  does too good   a job, so I'd
check that part first.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely
 Rainer

'89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"

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