engine speed and AT

Snoopy snoopy at noway.lt
Mon Feb 16 01:27:36 PST 2009


> Sounds to me like, in relation to activating a window switch, your
> alternator is bogging the engine because it's compensating for a heavy load.
> It may feel like a vibration if you have worn motor mounts.  Normally, one
> window shouldn't produce a load enough to do this.  Does the window move as
> it should or is it slow?  If you do more than one window at a time, what
> happens to engine idle?  

Windows are moving fine, as well as all other eletrical parts. I
suppose any additional load on alternator will slightly decrease rpms,
but in my case something is not doing a good job keeping them up.

Cody:
> Try revving the engine a bit in park and suddenly letting it drop 
> back to idle. If it stumbles and the idle drops low before jumping up and
> eventually settling to a normal smooth idle I would say your IAC needs to be
> cleaned.

Good point! I do have this happening sometimes. I'll try to clean ISV first.

Thank you very much!


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