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On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 19:27, . : orntar : . wrote: > > I took the regulator bolt out till the engine almost died. It read ~17 > psi. at zero (do mean no input?) it was resting against the needle stop. > Do I need to fill this with gas before I pressurize the system? If there > is air in there will it affect the reading? Could I also verify the > gauge with an air compressor set to a specific output? > There should be no gas on the "adjusting bolt" side of the regulator. If you have gas there, this would mean a cracked diaphram. Any air in the system is pushed through the regulator and back to the tank by the pump. > I took my pressure back up to what the gauge read before adjusting it > (~23) and she is running great now. I passed emissions with 4.5 co% at > 2500rpm, so now I have another year before I have to worry about it > again. Thanks all for the help. > -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org