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Offline twistedblack69

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Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« on: 27 January 2009, 11:28 »
Mine does. Lol had some trouble with it just dropping dead whenever I put the clutch in to come to a stop. Went to a VW specialist, he tweaked the idle, and said "all mk2's do that" and now it's fine, so I guess I believe him lol
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #1 on: 27 January 2009, 11:48 »
'all mk2's do that?' hmmmmmm. Tweaking the idle may just be covering up the underlying problem.
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #2 on: 27 January 2009, 12:05 »
Check the timing using Rubjonny's guide http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=33253.0

I am on my 2nd 8V now. Both had a dodgy tickover that would drop below 900 rpm idle, then shudder a bit, then recover and come back up before settling. In both cases, a tune up of the timing and cleaning out the idle stability valve cured the problem.
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #3 on: 27 January 2009, 12:08 »
Quote from: twistedblack69 on 27 January 2009, 11:28
Mine does. Lol had some trouble with it just dropping dead whenever I put the clutch in to come to a stop. Went to a VW specialist, he tweaked the idle, and said "all mk2's do that" and now it's fine, so I guess I believe him lol

Did he just crank up the idle, or did he check the timing and the mixture too? A digifant really does need to be set up absolutely spot on to get the most from it, otherwise it doesn't perform too well at all
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #4 on: 27 January 2009, 12:16 »
Mine does do this just a little bit. blip the throttle and the revs will drop just a touch below normal idle speed before the throttle idle switch clicks and the ISV kicks in.
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #5 on: 27 January 2009, 12:25 »
Mine does this too, even after following Rubjonny's guide.
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #6 on: 27 January 2009, 12:27 »
Hmm, one of mine never did it (the other did it badly!) and neither does my Dad's. Guess we're some of the lucky ones :smug:
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #7 on: 27 January 2009, 12:50 »
my digi never did this, and my abf on kr managment doesnt either.
thats what the isv on the 8v and isv + overrun-cutoff on the 16v are for :)
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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #8 on: 27 January 2009, 19:46 »
sounds like you bought a shi**er m8  :evil:

both my 8 valve's never done that  (hint,hint)  :grin:

i take it you got the cam belt fixed...something to do with that maybe..

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Re: Do all mk2 8v GTI's drop below idle before settling at idle when stopping??
« Reply #9 on: 27 January 2009, 19:52 »
Re-check your timing and clean and gap the plugs. An advanced ignition could cause this, then the idle switch will take over.
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