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Old February 2nd 06, 01:36 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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Hi,

I test drove a 03 vette last night with a supercharger. At low idle it
would keep changing from about 800 RPM to 1300RPM. Up and down. I was
this is normal for any supercharged engine. Is this normal, or there
something wrong?

There was also a fuel/mixture control. Can anyone explain how to set
this?

Thanks, Andy

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Old February 2nd 06, 07:06 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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> Hi,
>
> I test drove a 03 vette last night with a supercharger. At low idle it
> would keep changing from about 800 RPM to 1300RPM. Up and down. I was
> this is normal for any supercharged engine. Is this normal, or there
> something wrong?
>
> There was also a fuel/mixture control. Can anyone explain how to set
> this?
>
> Thanks, Andy
>


The surging idle is not something to just glance over. I have a
supercharger on my 89 Trans Am and the idle is steady. There is definitely
something wrong. Probably a vacuum leak possibly caused by going into boost
and blowing a vacuum line off that couldn't handle the added pressure.

The fuel/mixture control is meant to keep the air/fuel ratio rich when you
go into boost. If you lean the mixture out too much, you will burn a valve
and you'll experience more problems than you already have. To set it, you
need to know a lot of information you'll probably never get. Typically one
would overly richen the mixture and slowly work down from there until the
air/fuel ratio gauge shows the mixture registers on the scale instead of so
rich, it's off the scale.


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Old February 3rd 06, 09:58 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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thanks. There was a lot of changes here. In fact, too many

Andy

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Old February 3rd 06, 10:00 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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Hi,

I also thought something was wrong. The dealer said it was normal for a
supercharger. And the fuel mixture scares me. Sounds too easy to blow
the engine.

Thanks, Andy

 




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