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| jd66921 |
 May 7 2006, 09:54 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 9-January 06 From: Texas Member No.: 5,394  |
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 |
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| bd1308 |
May 7 2006, 10:00 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
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 |
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| Dave_Darling |
May 7 2006, 10:39 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,985 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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The idle screw is on the throttle body. You can access it from the top, IIRC, on a 1.8 liter.
--DD |
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| Tobra |
May 8 2006, 12:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,453 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 4,634 |
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?
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| Dr Evil |
May 8 2006, 12:09 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 22,995 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Check your oil filler cap seal. No, I'm not joking. It is part of the system.
Good luck, let us know. |
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| bernbomb914 |
May 8 2006, 12:13 AM
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one of the oldest Farts on this board Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,873 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 36  |
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 |
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