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

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

HUH?

Carb ?.... Did I mention this is an 1986.... Carbs where killed in 77 btw. 



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-----Original Message-----
From: alex pritchard [mailto:alexdpritchard@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 7:36 AM
To: ats@longcoeur.com
Subject: RE: Fast idle cold and faster when hot ! RE: Idle Controll valve

Damaged wire to the carb, or the wax stat is normally to blame


>From: "Patrick Bureau" <ats@longcoeur.com>
>To: "'Don Walter'" <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>,"'Jon Palm'" 
><scirokn@hotmail.com>,<yoscirocco@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>
>Subject: Fast idle cold and faster when hot ! RE: Idle Controll valve
>Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:14:12 -0600
>
>Okay I am confused, (yeah its early and the nurse has not given me my 
>wake up caffeine injection yet)
>
>What are you calling the Idle control valve? You talking about the item 
>behind the intake manifold?
>
>I am asking because a buddy of mine has the following problem and 
>though there is 1 thing I have not done yet (change o-rings) I am at a 
>lost on what his problem is.
>
>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).
>
>We have tested the O2 sensor its clear, checked all hoses and vacuums I 
>could think of.. Ran through the various Bentley Idle tests and 
>northing comes out as "bad or need replacing" Exception the o-ring on the
injectors.
>(that is next)
>
>Curious fact, when idle-ling, if you press down (with a finger) 
>slightly on the rubber boot of the if assembly the idle slows down.. I 
>did check them for cracks, but none where found. The idle screw, is 
>touchy... If I turn it
>1/8 of a turn too much in the car goes from 1200 to stall instantly.
>
>Help!
>
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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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