I always try and shoot for 900 rpm's at idle. On Nov 10, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Now before I even start I will admit that Donner's engine has been wimpy for > a good while and he probably needs a bit of a rebuild. > > Before the school year I brought my Bays to the mechanic to get them running > as well as possible for the long commute. He rebuilt Donner's carb. The > first 500 miles seemed to go fine. Then when I was about 100 miles from home > he started dying when I was at idle. I sprayed a can's worth of carb cleaner > all around the engine and I could not find an intake leak. I even > disconnected the brake booster to make sure that wasn't the problem. Before > heading home I turned the idle screw a half turn. I thought the problem was > solved but when I got into my neighborhood the stalling at idle was back. He > has been sitting pretty much ever since. > > So tonight I changed his vacuum plugs (even though I don't think they were > the problem). I took him for a spin around the neighborhood - 5 miles or so > an no problem. I took him onto the highway for 5 or so miles and then the > stalling at idle returned. I kept giving the idle screw half turns and it > took 2 1/2 turns to end the stalling at idle problem. > > So is that it? Problem solved? Can I be idling too high now? Other than > using more gas, am I risking running too hot if I have to sit in traffic? Am > I missing another problem?