Help me make it to DGRR! Car will not rev...

Max777 · 05-01-2009, 06:53 PM

Ok, so with a LOT of searching, I managed to find that a possible cause COULD be the dash pot not being adjusted properly and my spark plugs being foulded a bit causing a bit of a fluctuating idle....

Interestingly, the dash pot and another two sets of screws on the TB are not even listed for adjustment in the FSM, I found that really odd, my Dash pot i think is a bit off, I was looking at it when I readjusted the fast idle cam.

I am wondering about the people however that completely removed their thermowax pellet and no longer have a dash pot...

My car starts, then idles at 3000, drops to roughly 1,400 rpm, and then it will idle if I dont touch anything, but as soon as I put the car in gear it dies.... when I start it back up, it will hold idle but it would be kinda weak. I'm wondering why it would die when put into gear with clutch pedal still depressed? I have a whine when I depress the clutch (new throw out bearing) so it might be the pedal being mis-adjusted too.

When I timed the car, the L1 wire lined right up with the mark, but it didn't quite line up exactly on the trailing side... but I did not adjust it for the trailing side.

05-01-2009, 06:53 PM	#28
Max777 Pirate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central IL Posts: 1,323 Rep Power: 19	Ok, so with a LOT of searching, I managed to find that a possible cause COULD be the dash pot not being adjusted properly and my spark plugs being foulded a bit causing a bit of a fluctuating idle.... Interestingly, the dash pot and another two sets of screws on the TB are not even listed for adjustment in the FSM, I found that really odd, my Dash pot i think is a bit off, I was looking at it when I readjusted the fast idle cam. I am wondering about the people however that completely removed their thermowax pellet and no longer have a dash pot... My car starts, then idles at 3000, drops to roughly 1,400 rpm, and then it will idle if I dont touch anything, but as soon as I put the car in gear it dies.... when I start it back up, it will hold idle but it would be kinda weak. I'm wondering why it would die when put into gear with clutch pedal still depressed? I have a whine when I depress the clutch (new throw out bearing) so it might be the pedal being mis-adjusted too. When I timed the car, the L1 wire lined right up with the mark, but it didn't quite line up exactly on the trailing side... but I did not adjust it for the trailing side. __________________ Rotaries:They are NOT that complicated!