RE: problems with idle

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

surely if it was a leak, the ide would be crap all the time since the 
mixture would be leaner than it should be.
The poor idle at start-up sounds like it might be a problem with the 
warm-up regulator.

cheers,

Ewan.
'85 2.0 Storm
'86 1.8 GT

>From: Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>
>To: "scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: problems with idle
>Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:50:37 -0700
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>On Friday, October 09, 1998 11:41 PM, The Smiths 
>[SMTP:smithsd2@fidalgo.net] wrote:
>> Hi, I've got a '78 that has a couple of problems with the idle.  
First
>> when the car is cold it starts right away but will die if it's not 
given
>> a little help from the gas pedal.  Once it "stabilizes" it idles
>> anywhere from 500-900 and threatens to die if you look at it 
crosseyed.
>> Then once it warms up it likes to idle 1500-2500 (or higher).  You 
can
>> get it to idle at about 1000 at a stop if you apply breaks bringing 
the
>> engine almost to a stall before hitting the clutch.  It can be
>> interesting driving in town...speeding up, let off the gas and the 
car
>> conitnues to speed up.   Any suggestions??
>> Doug
>>
>
>Sounds like a vacuum leak.  Check your intake boots,  especially the 
one at 
>the throttle body.  Mine did the same thing when the boot ripped.  It 
was a 
>small tear on the underside right where the little tube fits in.
>
>HTH
>
>Brian Honnold
>'78 Rocco Ragtop
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