Re: [ST] RS in stop & go traffic

[Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In 4+ years of ownership I've never had a problem with my RS idle, 
whether hot, cold, stuck in traffic, etc.  I can count the number of 
times it's stalled unexpectedly on one hand (knocks on wood).  In fact 
the only issue that I ever had with my RS's performance was when it had 
the stock can and stock tune.  It had a bit of lean surge while cruising 
on the highway, this went away after a carbon can and retune, I can't say 
for sure which of those two cured it as they happened at the same time.

Also, your idle sounds very high and odd.  My RS idles comfortably right 
around 1k, whether in gear or not.  I can't see why it would make a 
difference if it was in neutral.

I'm tempted to say that it's a problem that your dealer has not correctly 
diagnosed yet, unfortunately.  If you haven't already try searching the 
archives on the web and see what you can dig up, it's been discussed 
recently.

HTH,

Nate
00SprintRS


aronnmail-list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> It's not a new development, but I've never been very
> happy with the performance of my '00 RS at low speeds
> with a hot engine.  It's better with the latest tune
> (stock pipe, tune downloaded by the dealer a couple of
> weeks ago) than it has been, but still not great.
>
> In particular, the engine is prone to occasional
> stalling.  I have to constantly watch it to keep it
> going.  With the latest tune, the idle remains at
> around 2k RPM when it's in 1st gear (drops to about 1k
> when in neutral), which helps matters, but it still
> sometimes drops down and stalls.
>
> Is this a common issue with the older FI?  If so, I
> can live with it...I don't spend much time in slow
> traffic...but if not, maybe I should address it.
>
> TIA,
> Aron
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