Sam, I'd recommend you follow the idle troubleshooting sequence in the Bentley manual, but if I had to guess I'd suggest the problem could be your throttle switch. Easy to check for continuity with the throttle at idle, or if you don't have a meter, put a jumper across the plug downstream of the throttle switch with the engine idling fast, and see if the speed drops. Angus
>I've read numerous notes that deal with idle problems with the 2.1L >engine. My idle problem is interesting but different from many of the >others. When I start the engine on cold days the idle is about 1100 rpm >and is smooth and quiet. However as the engine warms up, in about five >minutes the idle increases to almost 2000 rpm where it stays, also...
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