Hi guys,

Well, some strange things have started to go funny with my '82. The idle dips to under 500 rpm when you push the clutch in to stop at a light, but comes bakc up and fluctuates around 600-900 rpm. It's also pretty rough. The car doesn't really seem down on power and it starts easily, hot or cold, so I'm ruling out a popped apex seal. Also, when it's trying to idle, I hear a moaning, sounds kinda like "hooooooo" but kinda low pitched (nice impression, huh?) Anyways, I've searched and it seems like my shutter valve is what's causing this. Anybody got a definitive answer on how to disable that annoying little thing?

--Danny

 

To test if it's the shutter valve, get yourself a small pair of visegrips and clamp the large hose going to the shutter valve. Make sure the visegrips are secure and give the car a test spin. If your problems go away, find a more perminent solution for blocking the hose. Some have just jammed a AA battery in the hose and left it. I found rubber caps and just capped both ends.