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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Your problem is likely a vacuum leak. When you rebuilt the carbs, did you lightly plane the top and bottom halves on a flat surface with 220 or 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper? This will let you know if you have any "high" or "low" spots, which indicates that your carbs may be warped from engine heat. Yes, you might also look for slack in the throttle shaft bushings. ANY slack is too much. Jason 68 Notch (Nadine) I proudly buy my aircooled parts and service from... The Bug Stop www.texasbugstop.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Mitchell" <Bryan@inertia.org> To: "type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>; "Mark Seaton @ Mo-Sys" <markse@mo-sys.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Idle mixture adjustment > Hello , > I have been having the same problem with my carbs. i rebuilt them with the > rebuild kits you can buy and then adjusted them 2.5 turns out and they ran > fine. I was however unable to get them to ballance out at all. It they did > balance out it wouldnt run. As of now I am getting 15 mpg (us) and it runs > like crap. . If I try to back the screw to 1.5 turns it wont run. I cant > find any leaks on the carbs either. my timing dead on. > > Beats me > ---Bryan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>