From: Russ wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>
To: "type3@vwtype3.org" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Subject: Re: [T3] 72 square, rough idle, #1 missing?
Date: 08 Mar 2002 13:31:24 -0600
On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 09:02, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 7 Mar 2002, at 19:29, Drake Lawson wrote:
>
> > I am not entirely sure what the problem is, is it runing too rich and
loading
> > up at idle? there are those extra resistors that someone put in line
with the
> > head temp sensor. But if those are removed then the idle will drop to
a point
> > where it barely runs. Shes going on a 400 mile round trip this
weekend, maybe
> > the gods will favor me and everythign will be fine when I get back :)
>
> I don't know what to make of the extra resistor. I'd like to suggest
that you
> jumper around it, at least temporarily, to see if you can find what the
REAL
> problem was that prompted someone to put it in there. If the idle drops,
you'll
> have to raise it back up. See how it drives with the resistor jumped,
perhaps
> it will clear up if it gets driven a bit. (I'm grasping at straws
here....)
>
The inline resistor for the head temperature sensor was a factory cure
for a lean running idle. The one that the factory supplied as a
"service" part was 250 ohm. I have one around here someplace. Just
haven't run across yet.
--
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org
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