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Engine Idle on 145E 1972-B20[ALL/1998] posted by Joseph Dean on
Tuesday, 10 June 1997, at 10:55 a.m.

My Volvo is running fine, but after warm-up the engine will from time to time increase in RPM without driver input. This may last from one minute to ten minutes then it returns to normal, again without driver input. I have replaced the fuel pump, pressure regulator, manifold gasget and all the o-rings for the injectors and the mounts. It's a 1972 145E B-20 Thanks in advance for your help from Auburn California.
Auburn Optimist Club


Re: Engine Idle on 145E 1972-B20[ALL/1998] posted by Brian T. on
Tuesday, 10 June 1997, at 5:48 p.m.

I don't have much experience with D-Jetronic, but the first thing I'd check would be the vacuum pressure sensor, mounted on the right fenderwell. Make sure the hose from the manifold is in good condition. Then apply vacuum to the sensor. If it won't hold vacuum then it's no good. I've seen your symptoms occur with a VW squareback, which uses the same system. ---Brian T.


Re: Engine Idle on 145E 1972-B20[ALL/1998] posted by Thilo on
Monday, 16 June 1997, at 2:44 a.m.

I've had the same issue with my P1800E. It has basically the same engine. In my case the auxillary air regulator was the root cause. The regulator is situated on the RHS engine side in front of the manifold and connected with two tube to the throttle body. When running cold the regulator is a bypass to the throttle in order to increase cold idle RPM. You can easily "cheat" it by blocking the outlet tube, or (as I did) completly remove the regulator and block the two tube connections at the throttle body.


Re: Engine Idle on 145E 1972-B20[ALL/1998] posted by Joseph Dean on
Saturday, 21 June 1997, at 8:22 a.m.

Okay,I have bypassed the cold start valve with no change at all. I've also tried three different pressure sensors, all of which test okay for holding vacuum and they test okay for resistance. Didn't help the problem. It does help if I bypass it and plug the connection it goes to.


Re: Engine Idle on 145E 1972-B20[ALL/1998] posted by Jarrod on
Saturday, 21 June 1997, at 9:46 a.m.

I have done battle with the D-Jet many times (I will be retiring my system and replacing it with SU carbs this weekend). In this case I would check what you have already checked, then I would move on to the throttle box (that gadget located on one side of the air intake side of the intake manifold). This is very likely to go bad since it is a contact/slide switch (whatever they're called, *variable resistors*). They get dirty like the knobs on your radio and the same approach to fix the latter will fix the former.

Get yourself a can of tuner bath (Radio Shack or better[I hate those bastards...don't give 'em your address]) Remove the throttle box, then prise open (flathead screwdriver will do) Inspect for crud and scoring along the path of the moving contact (moves with your gas pedal) If it is worn through anywhere, you need to replace the unit(junkyard will do). Bath all things copper and scrub if you need with cloth and fingernail. Put it together and think good thoughts.

One more thing: I have read that the vacuum advance can get old and do all kinds of strange things. Take the tube going across from the manifold to the advance unit on the distributor and tie a knot in the middle (or remove it and plug at least the crucial one of the two exposed holes). Some may argue with me here, but it does nothing to the behavior of your car, but insure that your old, crusty vacuum advance isn't screwing things up. Also, this may be the source of a vacuum leak since the diaphragms tend to develop holes, especially when the car has run poorly (i.e., has backfired a lot). The vacuum advance is more trouble than it's worth, really.

Also, if you want to give up on the FI setup, I know a guy who has many SU carbs with manifolds to boot. These are the most dependable fuel delivery systems on the old models. I will never again travel long-distance with a D-Jet setup. Too much troubleshooting involved with them.

Regards and Good Luck, -jarrod




 


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