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Where should idle be set?

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Old 10-12-2005, 02:27 AM
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Default RE: Where should idle be set?

The guys at the shop say 1000rpm... I like 800rpm. An old rule of thumb from when I worked on cars at the Sunoco in NY was to turn out the idle screw til the motor lobes..then turn in 1/8 turn. Seemed to work back then.
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