I think it was Mike Kerr, as I went out to my car and loosened up the
throttle cable and so far so good!
66 Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Laury, Victor <LauryV@MTA.NET>
To: 'Hoon Kim' <hoon@pixar.com>; datsun roadster mailist
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:07 PM
Subject: RE: idling question.
> Hoon, Check out your throttle cable. it may be too tight. Another list
> member, I can't remember who, answered this one for me about 4 months ago.
> If your cable is too tight, the cable housing expands as the engine warms
> and raises the idle.
>
> Victor
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hoon Kim [mailto:hoon@pixar.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 2:41 PM
> To: datsun roadster mailist
> Subject: idling question.
>
>
> OK here's my simple question. how normal is it for the idle to waiver at
> different rpms when at rest. When I start up, the idle is normal around
> 600-700. when going around in traffic it sometimes goes up to 1100 or even
> 1500 at rest. Is this normal? also when stuck in bumper to bumper traffic,
> my idle slowly starts increasing. Is there someway to aleviate this
> problem. Usually sitting in traffic for about 30-40 min. the idle will go
> up to 1800. Once I start moving again, it goes back down. Will flushing
the
> radiator core do this, is this an idle mixture thing, or any other answer
> you can come up with. Thanks.
>
> '67 1600.
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