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On 24 Nov 2002, at 1:12, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Jim A. wrote: > >> With an AT, if the vacuum modulator is not connected, or misadjusted, the > > AT will not want to "release" the engine at idle. This will certainly pull > the idle way down. > > > > Might this be your problem? > > Jim, both of my type3 automatics behave like that. I thought it was an > automatic thing as ALL of the other American cars I've ever owned did this > too. What I'm meaning is that they drop about 250 to 350 RPMS when put in > gear. It does make setting the idle a chore though on a type3 with carbs, > don't know if its the same with FI. I really don't have any knowledge of > working on a FI type3 as all my time is with carbs. I think the FI response would be identical to that of carbs, and certainly the FI AT cars drop a bit when put into gear. Our FI does not have an idle stabilizer, that only came later. I never had trouble keeping a healthy type 3 FI AT engine from dying when put into gear, but I once had a Chevy, actually 2, with a broken line to the VM, and it was really hard to figure out why it ran so well most of the time, but so reacted so poorly in certain circumstances. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/