Re: [T3] Auto Trouble

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 15 Mar 00, at 12:47, James Harding wrote:

> When returning to P or N after being in gear, the revs don't drop - in fact
> they rise quite steeply. Putting the car into gear again drops them down but
> the same thing happens when going into PARK or NEUTRAL. 

This sounds normal. There is no idle stabilizer on these cars (too 
early) so putting the car in P or N takes all the load off the engine; 
in this state it is running completely free.

If you put the AT in any drive gear then the engine experiences the 
viscous drag of the torque converter and will slow down.

If your idle is set too high the RPM difference will be large. Perhaps 
you need to check your idle RPM: It should be ~900 with the 
engine warm and in N.


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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054

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