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I also sometimes find that the throttle doesn't always close the whole way, and that twisting it all the way closed will make the idle slower. I am not sure how this can be adjusted/fixed. How would you go about lubricating the throttle cable? Daniel Baum 1969 Type 34 automatic http://www.qldesign.com/type34 > on 15/12/2002 4:05 AM, Henrik Larsson at notchback@home.se wrote: > > > Ok, then we don't have the same problem. My car can be adjusted to a > > very nice idle at 900 rpm but after driving around for a while I get > > 1500 rpm idle instead. If I leave the car idling the engine returns to a > > lower idle after a few minutes. I have not investigated this more > > "scientific" and the winter means it won't be done in a few months. > > I have the same thing with my Fastback. I was tuning it yesterday and > noticed after I opened the throttle and let it go, it would stay at about > 1200 or so RPM. I found that by twisting the linkage closed it would slow > the idle, but I couldn't see what was causing it to stick open. > > I was going to try lubricating the throttle cable today and see if that made > any difference. > > HTH, > Ben Doughney > > '75 1200L > '63 1200 - Ringo > '71 1600TL > > http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/