RPM not super steady?

[The_War_Wagon]

I've thought my idle tended to 'wander' a bit myself! I was actually turning a sharp corner today in a heavy rain, and it just about died on me - first time THAT'S ever happened (I mention the sharp turn, because it's a foot off the pedal manuever, and the rainfall, just in case something is getting "moist," that SHOULDN'T)!

I believe the cold idle is set at 800 rpm on the 285; because this is Pittsburgh, and because of my previous experience with other V-8 engines in cold climates, I bumped the cold idle to 950 rpm, which doesn't really do ANYTHING when you're in gear, but it does warm the truck a little faster when you idle it on cold days!

I WILL try cleaning the IAC with a little Sea Foam tomorrow though - before the cold weather settles in again!

[Sal-XK]

I've thought my idle tended to 'wander' a bit myself! I was actually turning a sharp corner today in a heavy rain, and it just about died on me - first time THAT'S ever happened (I mention the sharp turn, because it's a foot off the pedal manuever, and the rainfall, just in case something is getting "moist," that SHOULDN'T)!

I believe the cold idle is set at 800 rpm on the 285; because this is Pittsburgh, and because of my previous experience with other V-8 engines in cold climates, I bumped the cold idle to 950 rpm, which doesn't really do ANYTHING when you're in gear, but it does warm the truck a little faster when you idle it on cold days!

I WILL try cleaning the IAC with a little Sea Foam tomorrow though - before the cold weather settles in again!

It's possible you might have felt the computer reduce the power from the engine I don't know how fast you were turning so just a guess.

[The_War_Wagon]

It's possible you might have felt the computer reduce the power from the engine I don't know how fast you were turning so just a guess.

Right turn from a stop light (NO right on red). VERY hard 90 degree turn, so you gotta nudge her out there, and then roll through the turn. You run into quite a FEW of those actually in these ancient boros with narrow streets in Pittsburgh; it makes you see why they sent the CRD's to Europe. As bad as old, large, northeastern cities are, 900 year old ox carts paths in Rome, Athens, Paris, & London HAFTA be 10x worse!