Have you tried checking the exhaust system for leaks ???
GerryR
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 9:17 PM
Subject: Idle hunting problem, 85 1.9l

>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
>