Re: idle and running problems when hot?

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

chris wrote:
> 
> I have a 78 rocco with a 1.5 and whenever i run it for awhile and it
> starts getting warm the idle goes up to about 1100 rpm from 700,(when
> its cold it runs fine) and stays at 1100, and when you give it gas the
> idle goes up and comes down VERY slow until 1100 then sits there again.
> Then when you turn the car off and try to start it while it is warm it
> doesnt start easy it takes me having the gas pedal floored and it
> turning over about 10 times or more..
> I have tryed the auxilary air regulator and that didnt change the
> problem at all, there is a metal tube coming from something on the head
> going down to the exhaust manifold(on the back of the head right next to
> the auxilary air regulator) that has a little hole in it causing an
> exhaust leak, could that have anything to do with this problem?
> TIA
> Chris
> ---------

Yep, that could cause you trouble, it is a tube that should be connected
to an ERG valve. Part of smog control.

TBerk

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