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Rotor_Rev 12-05-2003 05:57 PM

Irregular idle...possible missing
 
At cruising speeds when the clutch is pushed in, and rpms are allowed to fall down to around 1000 rpms, my 8 tends to fall to about 100-200 rpms and begins to idle irregularly. Once she even died on me. :mad:

Does anyone have ideas to what may be causing this?

brothervoodoo 12-05-2003 05:59 PM

No, but it's not normal. Take it to the dealer..

In my experience the idle should not fall below 800rpm (when warmed up).

oosik 12-05-2003 06:10 PM

Just out of curiosity, why are you leavin the clutch in?

I know when I come to a light and I'm already slowing down I sometimes put it into neutral and coast the rest of the way, during these times my idle has never dropped below 800. Mine, for some reason stays around 1000 until I stop completely, then drops to around 800.

241Commuter 12-05-2003 11:29 PM

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my 8 tends to fall to about 100-200 rpms and begins to idle irregularly. Once she even died on me.
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So tell me, did you pop the clutch at cruising speeds to start it again? No problems?

Rx-Appreci-8 12-05-2003 11:53 PM

Yeah, sounds potentially serious to me. I'd get that fixed before it gets worse and strands you somewhere.

Mine sounds like it misfires every 3-5 seconds at warm idle, but never enough to visibly drop the tach or kill the engine.

Please let us know how this turns out.


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