Re: Idle kickdown (stranger yet!)

[Geordy Rostad <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com>]

Am I the only person to have had this problem?

Geordy Rostad wrote:

> I have made a new discovery on my idle kickdown problem.  First off, I 
> can't
> usually just kick the throttle to make it kick down.  What I have to 
> do is partially
> release the clutch to make the rpms drop from 2000 down to around 
> 1000, then
> it will stay low until I start driving again.  What the hell is my 
> problem!?!?
> 
> Another problem seems to have recently popped up.  All the sudden, 
> when my
> car is cold it has an undecided amount of power.  Sometimes it's 
> nearly normal
> but other times I can step on the gas and it will feel a total lack of 
> power and
> when it does this, if I let all the way off the gas it will nearly die 
> but then come back to
> a normal idle ususally and it will do this for about the first 30 
> seconds to 1 min of driving.
> When I feel the lack of power, if I just keep my foot on the throttle 
> exactly the same
> it will come up to full power in a few seconds but it's just a really 
> lame problem.
> This is my '88 16v Jetta BTW.  Could my problem be a bad heater wire 
> connection on
> my O2 sensor?  OR?
> 
> Jorel Jackson wrote:
> 
>> --- geordy <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com> 
>> <mailto:grostad@thresholdnetworks.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On my car ('88 Jetta 16V) it has a problem when
>>> I'm out driving and come to a stop sometimes the
>>> idle will be normal (at 900-1100) but other times
>>> it will be idling at 2100 or so.  I can kick the
>>> throttle
>>> sometimes to make it jump down to the right range
>>> but I shouldn't have to.  Is there an idle kickdown
>>> switch or something of the like that could be
>>> sticking
>>> and cause me this hassle?  Also, sometimes when I
>>> turn
>>> on the a/c the idle won't kick up.  What's up with
>>> that?
>>> 
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>> 
>> Have you tried cleaning your throttle cable?
>> 
>> =====
>> Jorel Jackson
>> 1987 16v & 1985 8v Sciroccos
>> 2000 Neon ES
>> 
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