1995 Tracker idling too low - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

Wyld Bill · 06-19-2006, 05:06 PM

What would be some typical causes for this problem? It is in my daughter's stock tracker & sheis going for her driver's lecense test tomorrow in it. The thing is idling around 500 RPMs so sometimes when you stop at a stop sign it stalls or when you take off again the belt squeals because it was idling so low. I tried advancing the timeing & the RPMs came up to 650 or so but I don't know if I should leave it since I would assume the timing was all set. It has done it ever since we bought it a month ago. I tried changing the plugs, plug wires, dist. cap, & rotor button. None of that stuff helped. No I don't have scan tool or a timing light.

hcgalvin · 06-20-2006, 05:15 AM

Try playing with this. It's an idle adjustment screw.

cajunsuzukispider · 06-20-2006, 09:55 PM

it's also possible that whoever owned it before had to screw with the timing for some reason and the distibutor may be put in a tooth retarded. you better check the timing.

FreakAccident · 06-21-2006, 10:17 AM

Adjust the screw shown above. Worked for mine.

martyfowler · 07-17-2006, 12:10 PM

thank you for this thread.
i have been fighting low idle at operating temp problems the whole time i have had my 16v. i have been pulling the whole intake tube off the throttle body and adjusting the set screw that stops the butterfly valve. the bad thing is, you cant adjust it with the engine running, so its like; disassemble, adjust, reassemble, start engine, dammit its still too low, disassemble, adjust, and on and on.
i knew there had to be a better way. the screw mentioned above is much easier to get to, and it solved my problem. i just wonder why the assholes hid it under that little rubber plug. i never saw it before reading this thread. thanks again, -marty

95geo · 07-17-2006, 01:52 PM

im sure you have checked it but when i had a vacuum leak going to my fuel pressure regulator it idled low, might be something simple.

06-19-2006, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wyld Bill Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Member # 12480 Location: Maine USA Posts: 486	1995 Tracker idling too low What would be some typical causes for this problem? It is in my daughter's stock tracker & sheis going for her driver's lecense test tomorrow in it. The thing is idling around 500 RPMs so sometimes when you stop at a stop sign it stalls or when you take off again the belt squeals because it was idling so low. I tried advancing the timeing & the RPMs came up to 650 or so but I don't know if I should leave it since I would assume the timing was all set. It has done it ever since we bought it a month ago. I tried changing the plugs, plug wires, dist. cap, & rotor button. None of that stuff helped. No I don't have scan tool or a timing light. __________________ "Yeah,.......so whut if I DO have a buncha junk veerikuls in my yahd?"

07-17-2006, 12:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
martyfowler Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Member # 30622 Location: goobertown,AR(no joke) Posts: 149	thank you for this thread. i have been fighting low idle at operating temp problems the whole time i have had my 16v. i have been pulling the whole intake tube off the throttle body and adjusting the set screw that stops the butterfly valve. the bad thing is, you cant adjust it with the engine running, so its like; disassemble, adjust, reassemble, start engine, dammit its still too low, disassemble, adjust, and on and on. i knew there had to be a better way. the screw mentioned above is much easier to get to, and it solved my problem. i just wonder why the assholes hid it under that little rubber plug. i never saw it before reading this thread. thanks again, -marty __________________ '86 Zuk, 1.6 16V, 5.14 t'case, Toy axles, 30 spl longs, 4.88's, ARB's, 4 link f&r, 14" Fox air shox, 101" wb, 15/39.5 TSL's, lots of tube

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06-20-2006, 09:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
cajunsuzukispider Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Member # 48911 Location: acworth, ga Posts: 1,923	it's also possible that whoever owned it before had to screw with the timing for some reason and the distibutor may be put in a tooth retarded. you better check the timing.

06-21-2006, 10:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
FreakAccident Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Member # 3553 Location: Indianapolis, IN USA Posts: 1,090	Adjust the screw shown above. Worked for mine.

07-17-2006, 01:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
95geo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Member # 15461 Location: dryden,michigan Posts: 3,023	im sure you have checked it but when i had a vacuum leak going to my fuel pressure regulator it idled low, might be something simple.