First, don't believe your tachometer. You said your engine idles at 1000 rpm. Your engine may actually be idling at a lower speed. I check and adjust my 25XPB tachometer with a laser tachometer.
Second, adjust the idle at the engine, not the pedestal. You should find 2 cables on the side of the engine. One is the stop cable; the other the throttle. The throttle cable/lever should have an idle adjust screw. Just bump the idle up a bit by adjusting the screw. Over time, as the high pressure pump wears, the injectors wear or get dirty, your engine may have a bit less power or lose rpm at idle. Consider cleaning the injectors, etc. also. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:44 AM, David Knecht via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > All this discussion of engine (Universal M4-30) starting has reminded me > of something I want to do in the spring, but am not sure how to approach. > My engine runs fine at idle, which is around 1000rpm (don’t remember > exactly what gauge reads). If I shift into reverse it almost always > stalls. If I advance the throttle slightly, it does not stall. This is > obviously a real problem when docking as I can’t count on slowing down when > I need to without restarting the engine. So the question is: what is how > to advance the idle speed slightly? I can imagine doing this at the Edson > lever end or the engine end and not sure which is the right or best way to > do it. Thanks- Dave > > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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