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Subject:Idle hunting problem, 85 1.9l
From:Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
Date:Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:05:37 -0500

After much work on both our vehicles this past couple of months our 85GL
Westy, Vinnie, is running quite well again (thanks to gobs of $$ and lots
of searching.) On of the last hurdles to clear though is the idle hunting.
It simply, hunts for the right place to settle in. There is lots of new
stuff on Vinnie at this point (including reman VW engine 18k and just
yesterday he got a reman tranny) My only thought is that a vaccum leak is
causing this. I've bypassed the idle control module and the problem should
have just dissapeared right? Wrong. Still happens. Any thoughts?
The following are new:
fuel pressure regulator,fuelfilter,plugs,cap&rotor,ignition control
module,coolant temp sensor II,O2 sensor,new fuel lines, new small vaccum
lines

little "filters" in fuels injectors have been cleaned out
timing is dead on at 5 degrees
capacitor fix is in a few days

Thanks for the help,

Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
Two nuts hangin' in the Allentown,PA tree!
E-Mail: cdcaston@nni.com

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