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> 1.7 idles a little high
karmann
post Oct 30 2014, 04:05 PM
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Took my newly acquired 1.7 914 for a drive, when I started it ideled at about 1100 revs, once warmed up it stayed about the same revs, should I just adjust the idle or something else? It's a standard 1.7 with FI
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post Oct 30 2014, 04:09 PM
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either that or a vacuum leak. on my 1.7 i had a really bad one where it went from 1k-2500k every few seconds at idle
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Bob L.
post Oct 30 2014, 04:47 PM
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...Or the AAR is stuck partially open. Essentially a small vacuum leak. If it's not cold outside the AAR shouldn't matter for warm up. Just adjust the idle screw.
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post Oct 30 2014, 04:53 PM
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I have a 1.7 and I had idle problems too. I replaced all my vacuum hoses and it now idles around 800.

Since you are on the big island, VW shops should have hoses you need.
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