Re: Stalling on the Highway

["Sheffield Corey" <SHEF@omdc.gso.uri.edu>]

Arun Rao writes:
> On Jun 6, 12:08pm, Mike Hopton wrote:
> > Subject: Stalling on the Highway
> >      As it turns out the idle
> >      adjustment screw at the opening to the intake manifold had popped out.

And others write:

> 
> 		Yup, BTDT -- in my case, I drove about 1,000 miles with
> 		duct-tape on the opening.  Apparently the rubber gasket
> 		on the screw hardens and it slowly backs itself out.
> 
> 		It was a pretty cool whistle, though ...

>Yes, that happened to me a couple of weeks ago too!  I was driving
>my 5000S Turbo on the highway and noticed this loud whistling noise
>which appears when the boost gauge read between 0.5 and 0.9.  It would
>also stall when I come to a stop at a toll booth.  It restarted fine
>but idled poorly.  Upon inspection I found idle adjustment screw
>on the throttle body missing.

>I bought a new screw from the dealer at around $12.

And I must ask:

	If this is truely an idle adjustment screw does one's idle get high or
low before the screw falls out or does it go from idling normally to falling
out completely in a matter of minutes??

		Have a great weekend...may it not be weak on both ends:-)

						Happy motoring,

								Shef