Dub, Is there any end play on the throttle body butterfly shaft. That may be part of it with the gap I'm seeing. They do wear out over time. John Hervey -----Original Message----- From: JDub [mailto:doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:47 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [DML] High Idle Well the search for the high idle continues. I suspect a vacuum leak is the cause. I held the throttle body up to the sun and took some pictures. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/doki_pen/album?.dir=/2649&.src=ph&.tok=phZNFZC BjajZibpm You can see some light through it but I don't know if it's enough to make a difference. What do you guys think? Jon --- John Hervey <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Jon, I will jump in and ask: Is the idle speed > microswitch working properly. > If it's not adjusted so the top screw is engaging > and turning off the vacuum > solenoid before the bottom screw goes to the rest > position, or not working > at all the vacuum solenoid won't shut off the vacuum > to the ignition > distributor which advances the timing and will cause > the higher idle. Fuel > mixture and vacuum leaks along with Idle speed ECU > and sensor could but not > likely. You could have a bad vacuum line somewhere > else. > John Hervey > www.specialTauto.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JDub [mailto:doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:05 PM > To: DML > Subject: [DML] High Idle > > > > > I'm trying to tackle a problem I've had with my > delorean for a long time. The idle is excessivly > high, about 1500 RPMS. I was thinking maybe the > timing is off, could this cause it? If so, do I > adjust it by turning the distributor? Looks awfully > tough to get to. > > Jon > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for > sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for > sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/