Re: Varying idle, smells rich

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

i wanna say temp sensor, at least thats the gut feel on this one.
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: "Theron Ross" <ross@sanoh.com.mx>
To: "Scirocco List (E-mail)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: Varying idle, smells rich


>
> Car: My '81 with a JH
>
> Problem:
> The car always starts easily, but when the air temp is warm--or on a hot
> start, the car idles real low. It won't stall, but the tach bounces around
> 500 rpm. The car also smells rich at initial start-up. Then, once I've
been
> on the road for a while, the idle will go up to 1200-1500 rpm.
>
> In the morning, when it's cold out, the car idles better at initial
> start-up. But then the idle kind of degrades as the motor warms up over
the
> next 5 minutes or so. Then the idle stabilizes at the correct 900 rpm.
Then,
> after a long stint on the freeway (30 min or more) the idle speed jumps up
> to 1200-1500 rpm.
>
> Under acceleration and at speed there are no problems.
>
> I'm hoping to smog my car on Monday, so I figure I should take care of
this
> problem before I take it in. Any help or suggestions is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Theron
>
>
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