where is the stepper ajustment and how do is do it

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where is the stepper ajustment and how do is do it

Post by mgf skippy » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:01 pm

hi have a mk 1 just used a arc4 tester on and it says i have to ajust my stepper controll where is this located what does it look like car starts on the button but just bogs down when throttleing up

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Re: where is the stepper ajustment and how do is do it

Post by talkingcars » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:16 pm

It is to do with switching on and off the ignition, on the T series you switch it on and off 5 times and then the stepper motor moves to the correct postion, not sure about the K series.
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Re: where is the stepper ajustment and how do is do it

Post by Mykel » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:43 pm

Switch ignition on (pos 2), press throttle 5 times slowly but firmly (half a second down, half a second up), wait another 10 seconds, then turn ignition off. That's it, IACV stepper resetted.
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