Wilson Sweitzer wrote: > My engine is idling rough and i'm having some trouble with stalling. The > symptoms are: > - in park or nuetral and idling, the RPMs surge and fall every couple of > seconds between about 1000 and 1200. > - in gear and idling, the RPMs surge and fall the same way but between 800 > and 1000. it also shudders a bit during every fall. > - when the engine is cold, it frequently stalls when idling. as it warms up, > the stalling problem goes away, but otherwise the surging problems > remain.<snip>I would appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thanks in advance. Sounds like what I faced for two years and only just recently fixed. We too checked/replaced/measured just about everything except the cause: the Idle Stabilizer Relay. The ISR is located behind the right rear tail light and is a black box about 3"x3"x1". -Larry '86 Syncro Westfalia |
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