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| cassidy_bolger |
 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? Thanks, cassidy 73 2.0 |
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| cassidy_bolger |
Dec 29 2006, 08:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 17-March 06 From: = Member No.: 5,737 Region Association: None |
Problem solved, classic lessons learned - again.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) The hose going into the box out of which comes the oil filler neck (crankcase breather perhaps?) was loose. Plugged it in and back to normal. For giggles, I unplugged it and the idle shot back up to 3500. Turns out, I knocked it off when I topped off the oil this morning. The only other time this car has acted this badly, it was also my fault - I had accidently loosend the wire harnes at the pressure sensor while installing a new battery. So it is final - I am a clutz. One must think twice before blaming the car, eh? Thanks for the help gang. Good to see things are up and running. |
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cassidy_bolger cold weather - very high idle Dec 29 2006, 12:10 PM
r_towle warm it up.
If your AAR valve is stuck, it will ne... Dec 29 2006, 12:13 PM drewvw you can try spraying some pb blaster in the AAR an... Dec 29 2006, 12:47 PM cassidy_bolger thanks, I'll look into it.
maybe a little hea... Dec 29 2006, 12:49 PM Air_Cooled_Nut Start her up and let her "idle" for abou... Dec 29 2006, 02:58 PM jim_hoyland Been down this road and the above are possible. Yo... Dec 29 2006, 06:29 PM
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