Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:59:02 -0500 From: "G Noble" <liladigsnopsamr.net> Subject: Re: erratic idle on cold start- '87 900S
Check out this link. It was a great help to me. The idle system on the 900 is complicated but fixable. That whole site has a wealth of info and great people. Also if you are into doing your own work the Bentley manual is worth it's weight in gold. Also available throught that site. Good luck, Greg Black 89 900 T16 4dr Auto http://www.nospam/techhelp/c900/idling_problems.php "S R Sharp" <aiglosnopsamtal.net> wrote in message news:3DBC77DE.8C689E23nopsamtal.net... > My 1987 900S will idle erratically when you first start it up; from > about 500rpm to 2500rpm, sometimes it will stall. Once it warms up or > you drive it a short distance (like 30 feet) it will idle normally. At > this point you can turn the car off and then turn it back on and it's > fine. > > Also, when I first start driving the car it will shake for a little bit; > this is worse if I'm accelerating. The last car I had that did this > would shake all the time because the engine mounts were shot, but this > is where it gets weird- the vibration will go away and then the car runs > like it's new. So I just drive around the neighborhood a couple times > until it stops shaking. It's not the tires. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----