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John, 
Did yours spike like I described?
TIA
 John Erickson <ranahan@charter.net> wrote:Uh, ICM? I've had three fail...

John


At 08:27 AM 12/3/2002 -0800, Jason Adams wrote:
>re: tach spiking...
>
>Mine does it alot worse, sometimes tach pegs @8K ! motor idles at ~800rpm 
>albeit very lumpy, car won't drive when it does this, suptters and 
>backfires and whatnot, Folks here thought it was my ICM (ignition control 
>module) but I haven't gotten a new one yet, I'm going to trace all the 
>wires in there and see if its not just a bad connection somewhere as this 
>problem is intermittant, happens 1 in every 10 startup's...
>
>any other ideas?
>
>Jason Adams
>Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
>84 rocco 16v
>93 320i
>98 Z71
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian Wagner
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:34 PM
>Subject: Church of the Free Electron
>
>I have seen the light (pun intended).
>
>
>
>I had been having some weird problems with the temp gauge, so I decided to 
>clean the rose bud and run a secondary 10guage wire for the battery to it. 
>And low and behold the gauge holds steady and doesn't creep to 135 anymore 
>sit at a nice 112 at idle in traffic and doesn't fluctuate with the blinker.
>
>No a new problem has arisen, every once in awhile the tack will spike when 
>at idle to 2 k then settle down, does this for 3 or 4 times then it is 
>fine. And when running down the road it is fine. Also the motor sounds 
>like it missed when it did it. You don't think it could be the knock box, 
>hall sender test good and no oil leaks in the dist. Anyone else with 
>problem and what was done to rectify it
>
>Brian
>
>TIA



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<P>John, 
<P>Did yours spike like I described?
<P>TIA
<P>&nbsp;<B><I>John Erickson &lt;ranahan@charter.net&gt;</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Uh, ICM? I've had three fail...<BR><BR>John<BR><BR><BR>At 08:27 AM 12/3/2002 -0800, Jason Adams wrote:<BR>&gt;re: tach spiking...<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Mine does it alot worse, sometimes tach pegs @8K ! motor idles at ~800rpm <BR>&gt;albeit very lumpy, car won't drive when it does this, suptters and <BR>&gt;backfires and whatnot, Folks here thought it was my ICM (ignition control <BR>&gt;module) but I haven't gotten a new one yet, I'm going to trace all the <BR>&gt;wires in there and see if its not just a bad connection somewhere as this <BR>&gt;problem is intermittant, happens 1 in every 10 startup's...<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;any other ideas?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Jason Adams<BR>&gt;Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)<BR>&gt;84 rocco 16v<BR>&gt;93 320i<BR>&gt;98 Z71<BR>&gt;----- Original Message -----<BR>&gt;From: <mailto:brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>Brian Wagner<BR>&gt;To: <mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org>scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt;Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:34 PM<BR>&gt;Subject: Church of the Free Electron<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;I have seen the light (pun intended).<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;I had been having some weird problems with the temp gauge, so I decided to <BR>&gt;clean the rose bud and run a secondary 10guage wire for the battery to it. <BR>&gt;And low and behold the gauge holds steady and doesn't creep to 135 anymore <BR>&gt;sit at a nice 112 at idle in traffic and doesn't fluctuate with the blinker.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;No a new problem has arisen, every once in awhile the tack will spike when <BR>&gt;at idle to 2 k then settle down, does this for 3 or 4 times then it is <BR>&gt;fine. And when running down the road it is fine. Also the motor sounds <BR>&gt;like it missed when it did it. You don't think it could be the knock box, <BR>&gt;hall sender test good and no oil leaks in the dist. Anyone else with <BR>&gt;problem and what was done to rectify it<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Brian<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;TIA<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE></mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org></mailto:brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>
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