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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe