[T3] odd issue RPM hangs.

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Wed Oct 16 06:12:21 PDT 2019


On 10 Oct 2019 at 11:12, William Jahn wrote:

>  I thought that the throttle cable was binding yet even when I make sure
> the throttle is closed the RPM does not drop back down from 1200 RPM to
> what I set it at 1000. Now if I place the trans in drive the RPM drops
> down to 700 before I set the timing it dropped to 800 either way once I
> shift in the drive and back into park the idle is back to 1000 RPM.

One thing you should probably check is to make sure the idle is below the 
point where the mech adv is starting to kick in. If you're already working your 
way up the advance curve, that will confuse things and might be part of the 
problem you're seeing.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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