My 81 Spider runs perfectly with one exception. When hot and restarted (say around 180 degrees), the idle goes very low, and will stall if I don't feed it gas. Only lasts a minute or two, then is fine. Fine when cold and fully warmed up. Just when restarted when warm/hot.
Any ideas?
Last edited by sjmst on Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-Sam
Fiat Club America Long Island Chapter Contact
1981 Fiat Spider 2000 (original owner)
1982 Fiat X1/9
2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia
2018 Alfa Stelvio
The coolant temperature sensor is the most critical of those on our cars. Seeing as your problem is temperature related, I'd look at it first. At operating temperature the resistance on it should be in the 280-400 ohm range. You can get a resistor in this range and put it in place of the sensor when you are having the problem and see if it clears up. This is a new one to me, so I'm still cogitating.
Ron
Ron Luxmore rlux2n2@gmail.com
'82 2000 Spider: after 26 years between Spiders.