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On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 14:49, Jim Adney wrote: > On 21 Jul 2003 at 9:18, Mark Seaton wrote: > > > Actually it did swallow the nozzle a few months back but I would have > > thought it would have spat it out by now. I replaced the nozzle with a spare > > thats still there. > > In that case, I think you have your answer. The nozzle is gone, but it left > behind some shards. I wonder how long they stick around? > > Russ, have you ever seen this? > Yes, quite frequently actually. This was very common. Make sure that the choke butterfly doesn't hit the accelerator pump nozzle, or the power jet nozzle. At high speed, if it hits, the vibration will knock them loose. There is a bulletin on my web site about adjusting the accelerator nozzle. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org