Re: Idle Stabilizer

[Bruce Bell <bbell@csn.net>]

At 07:16 PM 11/14/95 -0600, you wrote:
>Anybody know why the duck-neck shaped hose that goes from the Idle 
>Stabilizer valve to the intake manifold stays collapsed during idle?  
>Mine is obviously NA 10V I5.  I don't know if this is all different from 
>the Audi's.  Whenever I gas it, the hose will open up.  But there's an 
>aweful good suction collapsing that thing.  My idle is fine - is there 
>something wrong with the valve (I think I might have the wrong one on 
>there anyway, but I didn't the thing would idle smoothly if it weren't 
>right)? 

Listen closely and you will no doubt hear air sucking money out of your
wallet. I think it's time to replace the little rubber duckie :) Mine did
the same thing (4000CSQ), Audi Parts was closed on that Sat. so I wnt to VW
and bought one for the GL5. - Same part and probably same $$$$ - about 35 as
I recall - been 2 years.  

PS I tried to patch the thing but it kept collapsing.


Bruce Bell
bbell@csn.net