Date:         Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:43:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
Organization: Pre-installed Company
Subject:      Re: idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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Ok, what does: "green is lower speed" mean? I've never heard it put like this.

Thanks in advance,
Ron Semko

David Beierl wrote:

> At 20:46 9/30/99 , Karl Wolz wrote:
> >make the accelerator linkage hang up.  The idle screw on a 1.9 is that big
> >slotted screw on the side of the throttle body, (it faces up and toward the
> >rear of the van at approximately 45 degrees).  You should be able to turn
> >this screw in to reduce the idle rpms.
>
> Don't forget that the 1.9 has an electronic idle stabilizer mounted near
> the coil -- the two plugs entering it must be unplugged and plugged into
> each other (with ignition *off*) in order to adjust the idle speed
> control.  The idle speed as set by the stabilizer varies slightly depending
> on whether the stabilizer is black or green -- green is lower speed and was
> used in some non-California vehicles.
>
> david
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"