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Posted by: jd66921 May 7 2006, 09:54 PM

Hi,

I'm driving my "new" car home from California. It's running...
A few problems - missing badly, but we changed the fuel filter and
hopefully fixed that. The latest is an idle problem.

It's a 1.8 L-Jet, stock configureation. On deceleration it's dropping
through the bottom and stalling most times. Idle hot seems too low as well.
I don't want to try a full repair, but I'm wondering if someone can show me
where the idle adjusment screw is. I'm hoping I can get the idle up far enough
so I don't have to heel and toe it all the time. Seems that I have seen
a picture of that screw, but can't find it right now! Any help would be much
appreciated!!

400 miles down, 1200 to go!

Thanks,

Jeff

Posted by: bd1308 May 7 2006, 10:00 PM

seems like its running a tad lean.

I would venture a guess to say its a vac leak somewhere.

That idle should be dead on x rpm.

L-jet kinda drove me mad looking for airleaks, and once I thought I had them all taken care of, engine blows up from being too lean.

b

Posted by: Dave_Darling May 7 2006, 10:39 PM

The idle screw is on the throttle body. You can access it from the top, IIRC, on a 1.8 liter.

--DD

Posted by: Tobra May 8 2006, 12:05 AM

If you are somewhere you can get the vacuum hoses, you should just replace them all, if they are all new, you should not have to guess which one is leaky, L jet is sensitive to the vac leaks..., how is the ignition timing?

Posted by: Dr Evil May 8 2006, 12:09 AM

Check your oil filler cap seal. No, I'm not joking. It is part of the system.

Good luck, let us know.

Posted by: bernbomb914 May 8 2006, 12:13 AM

like the good Dr said the oil filler cap seal is very important with the L jet. if it does not seal all the vacume is screwy every where else.

Bernie