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Idle rpm drops

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  • Start date Start date Jul 31, 2009

mhjo

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My idle rpm became suddenly lower than usual. Had to adjust it up. After 1 day I had to adjust up again after engine got hot.

Never heard of this before..
 

mhjo

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No reply???

Well, idle gets very low after driving the car and i'm about to park the car in the garage. It goes so low that the engine dyes out and I have to maneuvre with one foot on each pedal. My friend suggested that gasoline was too hot because hose was located right next to engine block /header aka "pre heated gasoline?

Anyone?
 

Rusty67

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Why is your fuel line next to a header ? Thats no good. You don't want to heat your fuel up like that.

If your car is cold and you start it, does the idle go way high since you adjusted it up or does it stay low ?
 

mhjo

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Rusty67 said:
Why is your fuel line next to a header ? Thats no good. You don't want to heat your fuel up like that.

= I know. I will have a machanic to redirect it asap.


If your car is cold and you start it, does the idle go way high since you adjusted it up or does it stay low ?
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It seems the choke dosn't kick in, so I adjusted idle up. When car gets warm, and I am parking, idle drops very low and car almost stops
 
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