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I don't recall seeing any reference to adjusting that thermostat. I presume it sets the amount of warm air that's admitted at idle. As soon as the throttle is opened, the flap begins to close off the warm air intake, allowing more/only cold air to the engine. What odd effects are you getting, and why did you adjust it? Certainly that warm air intake at idle is to combat carb icing. Newer VWs have a carb vacuum-operated flap which achieves the same result. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Seaton" <Markse@mo-sys.com> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: [T3] Adjusting the Air cleaner thermostat > Does anyone know a procedure for adjusting the thermostaticaly controlled > diverter flap in the air intake pipe to a late model dual carb air cleaner? > When I first got my car I tinkered with it to make it fully open to the cold > air when the engine was warm in summer. Now its cold I'm worried that it > might be causing my carbs to ice up as they are performing bizarly > particularly in the first 10 mins or so of driving. > > TIA > Mark Seaton > '73 Fasty, > London > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > >