darkness

So my car started acting a little funny the other day. I was driving home from work and got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic . I am sitting there and all of the sudden the idle drops to 500, vac drops to 12. Before that point my idle always runs strong at 1000rpm with a vac reading of 18/19. When it did this I gave it a little gas to see if would catch itself and it did. The idle goes back up to 1000. I drive a little more with no problem and then it does it again. I repeat what I did before and again it recovers. In all it did it a total of 3 times. But only while I was sitting in traffic. Any ideas? I think it's the timing but that was adjusted last summer. A little background on the car: original engine & turbos with 59,250 miles, oil changed every 2k miles, plugs changed 2k miles ago, its winter here so I drive the car maybe once a week, mods are in sig. Any suggestions would be wonderful.

shaq

1000rpm seems a bit high... rotary engines dont tend to idle that high did you have the aircon on? sometimes this can drop the revs alot

adam c

iTrader: (2)

The car is not supposed to idle at 1000 rpm. If it drops to 500, thats a little low, but nothing to worry about unless the idle is rough, or the engine dies.

darkness

thanks for the input. Should I drop the idle back down to 800?

moehler

iTrader: (12)

it sounds that when the fans kick in (b/c you were at idle), your idle drops. It might be an electrical load problem...