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sinistral

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what is this wire for? ('85 CP)

01-29-2011, 03:12 PM

this car sat for quite a while before i picked it up... thinking a rodent must've got in the engine compartment. so far i've only seen 2 nearly-broken wires-- one was for the power antenna, and then this one (in a cluster near the rear of the engine, driver-side):

anyone? i'll cut it and re-attach, but just wondering what it is for.

thanks.
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01-29-2011, 03:17 PM

Looks like something for the CFI unit. Or it may be emissions, since that is with the EGR and thermactor solenoids.
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01-29-2011, 04:17 PM

That's the vacuum solenoid for the coke pull-off and VOTM (idle control)... you want that working.

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01-29-2011, 04:29 PM

yeh, high idle stepper thing. CFI doesn't work too well in the cold without that.

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sinistral

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01-30-2011, 02:41 AM

so that could explain my super high idle it sounds like, eh?

thanks, i'll add it to the list.
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