Fast idle cold and faster when hot ! RE: Idle Controll valve

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Quoting Patrick Bureau <ats@longcoeur.com>:


> 
> 86 8v Scirocco, for some reason previous owner has changed the FI assembly
> for one without a Lambda/Dwell setup, which we replaced. Now the car used to
> idle just fine, but ran rich very rich all the time.  Now that we changed it
> to a normal unit for an 8v (with the dwell connection) so the FI valve
> starts buzzing along... Now the car runs fin, I adjusted the advance and
> dwell, except the idle runs fast, and when it warm up it gets faster (i.e.
> starts at 1200 runs up 1500-1900 rpm after a drive).
> 

Some sort of vacuum leak?  Get a butane torch, and a long clear plastic hose.  
With the torch barely open, go around with the tip of the hose until you find 
the cause of the leak (a trick that I learned from a CARB inspector when I 
lived in California)...

HTH..

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Don Walter
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:09 PM
> To: Jon Palm; yoscirocco@hotmail.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Idle Controll valve
> 
> I just bought a new one with the gasket.  They come as a set.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Palm <scirokn@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Mar 2, 2004 2:41 PM
> To: yoscirocco@hotmail.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Idle Controll valve
> 
> I fixed mine with a couple wraps of Teflon tape. I believe through time and
> with the heat there above the manifold, the threads just get kinda sloppy. I
> need to do the same thing on my wifes car.
> I'm sure there's other more technical fixes out there, but it worked for me
> and I haven't had the problem for a year now.
> 
> 
> >From: "daniel savatteri" <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Idle Controll valve Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 14:25:04 -0500
> >
> >There was a reply about an idle controll valve problem about two weeks 
> >ago with a link to fix the notorious 2k rpm idle problem. Does anyone 
> >still have that link? I Know its the ICV but i just cleaned it out and 
> >replaced the orings. That site had a couple more steps to fix the 
> >problem, any suggestions would be great to. Thanks
> >
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