Was V8 Stalling, Now severe Idle Flutter

[Shawn Head]

It is auto, but I know the tranny fluid isn't low.  We just replaced it
last week.  4qts out, 4qts in.  we are gonna do it again this week to
flush out some more of the old stuff.

It is no longer stalling.  Just fluttering really bad.  I mean bad it
will drop to damn near 50 RPMs and then jump back up!

Shawn

*-----Original Message-----
*From: Zsolt [mailto:zsolt1 at telusplanet.net]
*Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:47 PM
*To: Shawn Head
*Cc: v8 at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
*Subject: Re: Was V8 Stalling, Now severe Idle Flutter
*
*Hey Shawn,
*
*You didn't say if your car was a standard or auto, but if it is an
auto,
*low tranny fluid level can also cause it to stall when idling in gear.
*
*Cheers,
*  Zsolt
*
*Shawn Head wrote:
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*> Hey guys (and Girls),
*>
*> Last week I posted to the list my problem with my '91 V8 stalling
when
*> shifting into reverse, and sometimes in drive.  Well I took another
look
*> at the crank case breather hoses and replaced them (well the two on
top
*> of the engine).  The one that goes under the air box had a hole in it
*> about the size of a dime.
*>
*> The idle was a little smoother, but still stalled when subject to
*> reverse.  It is like as soon as I shift into reverse the RPM's
flatline
*> and either recover or it just dies.  Today, we cleaned the ISV.  It
was
*> pretty gunky and the cleaning smoothed out the idle even more.
*> Thankfully it doesn't stall anymore =).
*>
*> BUT..it still has a sketchy idle problem.  Again, when shifting into
*> reverse, the idle drops (below 100) and then recovers.  Darn near
every
*> time!!  So we took a look at the fuel regulator vacuum hose.  Sprayed
*> some Carb Cleaner on it to see if the idle speed changed.  It did.
So
*> we are gonna replace that vacuum hose.
*>
*> Does all this sound pretty logical?  I mean does it sound pretty much
*> like we have the problem nailed down?  Are there any other anomalies
*> that we are missing that could be causing the problem?
*>
*> TIA
*>
*> Shawn Head
*> '91 V8 Pearl/Nautica
*> '86 CGT Tornado Red-FOR SALE 800 OBO
*>
*> P.S. I just went through my first tank of gas in my baby *tear*.  I'd
*> call it my fun tank.  14.7 MPG not to bad I'd say..expecially for
*> completely in traffic driving.  Hopefully next week it'll be closer
to
*> 20.
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