Re: [Peugeot-L] 84 XN6 k-jetronic assistance

From: Joseph Ashment <wyofisher_at_caldsl.com>
Date: 03/06/05

I don't have this engine--my disclaimer.

The only time I've seen that symptom is when the throttle position/idle switch went bad and needed replacing.
Joe

On Mar 6, 2005, at 3:11 AM, kenneth parker wrote:

>
> I have an 84 GL wagon that does not idle well and seems to,
> particularly when I keep a light foot on the pedal, be starving for
> fuel. I have an identical engined sedan that does not, under the same
> style of driving, exhibit any of the symptoms that my wagon does.
>
> I bought a very thorough, though complex way over my head, Bosch f.i.
> book a while ago. I find it a little harder to understand T.S. Eliot's
> "Four Quartets" and wonder if anyone could enlighten me with an
> explanation as to how to adjust and diagnose the system in a manner
> that, say, Fred Flintstone might understand.
>
> The car is recently tuned with new plugs, wires, valves meticulously
> adjusted and, what seems to be a good distributor.
>
> Another thing that I have noticed that the car's cluster, heater
> control and clock lights will often flicker. The battery light never
> comes on when this happens.
>
> If anyone out there can suggest a way for me to cure that kind of
> hunting lurching that I experience when I am not accelerating I would
> be very appreciative. I would also like to know how to bump up the
> idle a bit. Please, if any adjustments entail doing anything to that
> weird spanner-like screw on the front of the f.i. unit or the 3mm allen
> behind the air cleaner, please tell me what direction they should be
> turned to get the desired effect.
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
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