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Sorry, Toby... > -----Original Message----- > From: James MacNaughton > Sent: Monday, December 07, 1998 9:40 AM > To: 'Erkson, Toby' > Subject: RE: [T3] > > I find that oil pressure to be quite low, except at cruising speed. I > would be concerned if the pressure dropped below 20p·~— o at idle. On > big, ugly Yank-tanks it runs at like 42psi at idle, I would be very > concerned if my oil pressure were that low (mine is, and I am; after a > good highway stint of 70-75, I get to the end of the off ramp, and I get > a flicker from the dumb-bulb). > > A > rule of thumb is roughly 10psi per 1000rpm. > > If your car is dying at idle then something else is wrong, probably in the > carb idle circuit or distributor timing. > > Or the Choke electrics, like Jim A said. A full tune-up and checking the > chokes will probably fix you right up! Some PO Boob snipped the injector > wire for my cold-start injector on my FI, so I get the chugging whether > the weather is good or not. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org