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> cold weather - very high idle, 3500 rpm at startup
cassidy_bolger
post Dec 29 2006, 12:10 PM
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My '73 2.0 sat for a week while I was on vacation. I fired it up this morning to head to work, and the idle was super high - 3500 rpm. It has been cold (for this area) last night's low was 30. I tried to back it up and see if things would calm down, but running it made me nervous and I was late for work so I took my backup vehicle. This 914 has been driven nearly every day and has run well since I bought it last spring, so this is unusual.

Where should I start? I checked the throttle cable at the engine, and it isn't stuck. Is something frozen? Should I just try to drive is a few blocks and warm it up?

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cassidy
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r_towle
post Dec 29 2006, 12:13 PM
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warm it up.
If your AAR valve is stuck, it will never really idle low.
The AAR valve is for cold starting and it adds extra air to make it idle faster.
If its stuck, I am told that it can be lubed and unstuck
I just removed mine. I let the car warm up, then drive.

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