Re: Idle

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Kervin,
    Variables for this are either the o2 sensor (like dan said), or the
coolant temp sensor. Either one of them could prematurely fool the ecu into
thinking the engine is fully warm and ready for closed loop control.
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6) running - for now
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kervin Ridgley" <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
To: "List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:29 AM
Subject: Idle


> My 86 8v starts great hot, warm or cold.  It fires right up.  When it is
> warm, it idles at about 1000 rpm.  About one minute after a cold start,
> it hunts for the idles varying between 350 and 1100.  After it warms up,
> about 3 more minutes, the idle is a steady 1000.  Any ideas what I can
> do to make it smooth all the time.  I wanted to fix it before I put on
> my 4-2 manifold, downpipe, cat-back system and g-grind.  I'm a little
> afraid that I'll have too many variables to track down if I wait until
> after the changes.
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