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On 11 Aug 2003 at 18:27, . : orntar : . wrote: > I took the regulator bolt out till the engine almost died. It read ~17 > psi. at zero (do mean no input?) it was resting against the needle stop. I'm not clear on what you mean here. > Do I need to fill this with gas before I pressurize the system? If there > is air in there will it affect the reading? Could I also verify the > gauge with an air compressor set to a specific output? Air causes no problems. > I took my pressure back up to what the gauge read before adjusting it > (~23) and she is running great now. I passed emissions with 4.5 co% at > 2500rpm, so now I have another year before I have to worry about it > again. Sounds like your gauge is bad. Maybe you should just mail it to Russ with some cash for return postage so he can test it for you. At least he should be able to tell you what reading on your dial corresponds to a true 30psi. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org