Sticking return spring, or even over run spring produced erratic idle
speeds. DPO compensates for this and winds down the tickover to stop the
peek being so high, conciquently it can stall.
When you blip the gas can you get the idle to go down from 1000 rpm to 600
or so.
My car can idle between 1500 rpm and 650 rpm. I have sticky return springs,
rubbis all over them. I will at some time clean them up. In the meen time
I will continue to blip the gas. Oh and if you take it off slowly it has a
realy high idle correct.
-----Original Message-----
From: SpitfireKP@aol.com <SpitfireKP@aol.com>
To: Spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <Spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 14 December 1998 22:45
Subject: why is my car stopping?
>It seems that more often than not, when I come to a stop, my car stalls. Of
>course I am pushing the clutch all the way in. Unless I put it in neutral
as I
>come up to a stop, the engine slows and stalls. The engine also seems to
have
>erratic idle speeds as well, ranging from 500 to 1000 rpm. First, I took
off
>my boot-leg cold air induction system, with no effect. Then I tried turning
up
>the idle, again, no effect. It happens regardless of whether the engine is
>warm. I checked my haynes manual, and it suggested to lean of a mixture or
a
>leaky manifold. I was wondering if anyone had any comments.
>
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