Strange idle on 2.0 8V

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Robsey
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Re: Strange idle on 2.0 8V

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cavalier1990 wrote:On the 1.8/1.6 it doesn't as it is only a carb effectively.
More or less a carb with a fuel injector located where the primary jet would have been.
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Re: Strange idle on 2.0 8V

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Well in operation it's similar to a carb. I admit it even sounds like one.
However it does have just as many sensors and electronics as the MPI engines.
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Re: Strange idle on 2.0 8V

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The problem with the CD Cavalier has disappeared. The air hose was replaced which seems to have cured it. I have covered about 500 miles so a fair test. I suppose the test will be in the heat of the summer.
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Re: Strange idle on 2.0 8V

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Sounds good.
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Re: Strange idle on 2.0 8V

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Excellent news. :thumb

Hopefully all good when it is hot and sunny on the third Wednesday in May. 8-)
(My cynical prediction for our usual very brief UK summers - all three days of it) :P
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