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freds89 05-05-2009 08:00 PM

erratic idle problem and lopeing when coming back to idle
 
I have has the truck for about 4 months now. I installed a 366 spring and turned in the fuel screw and adjusted the fuel pin to the deepest side and turned the star wheel a little. It has been idling fine up until about a week ago. It idles up and down just a little bit while in park. when I am driving and coning to some traffic where I just have my foot barely on the pedal it will start to lope like it has a hot cam. It also will lope if im in park and I just bump it off of idle it will lope for a little and then high idle like it should. I searched and found the loping thing might be air geting into the system from one of the lines fuel filter ect. for the idle up and down I read maybe it could be a broken top hat spring? any input would be great thanks Fred

TIMMY22 05-05-2009 08:55 PM

Mine would actually drop below an idle when I let off sharply. Are you running Bio? I've been running regular ULSD with some conditioner. Seems the extra lubricity helps the sticky governor linkage.

freds89 05-05-2009 09:02 PM

Ive been running fuel from the pump since this has started with 2 stroke in it before I was being a bad boy and running some fuel that was the same color as my truck... and as soon as I went to the pump this has started

freds89 05-06-2009 12:35 PM

Last night I took the pump top off and looked around. the Top has spring is fine my 366 spring looks like a 366 spring. there is just some thing that I am not catching could the start spring that they talk about in the ve operation be weak and causing a erratic idle and maybe a lope rite off of idle? Befor I took the pump top off I tried to adjust the idle and I almost backed the screw all the way out before obtaining a low enough idle then if i snaped the throttle it would rev back up to there it was and I would have to lightly move the throttle around to get it to go back down to idle.

wannadiesel 05-06-2009 06:55 PM

It sounds like you have the throttle indexing out of whack.

freds89 05-06-2009 11:12 PM

really would that just make it start to do these weird things?

wannadiesel 05-07-2009 08:02 PM

Yes, they don't idle right if they are indexed wrong.

freds89 05-07-2009 08:54 PM

Its just weird that it would start to do this 3 months after I had it apart.


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