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On 2 Jun 2003 at 20:26, William Kunz wrote: > I'll re-check the chokes but I'm pretty confident they're wound all the way > open. How do I check if the jets were replaced with larger ones? Is it > obvious? They have numbers stamped on them. Larger numbers mean larger diameter holes. You should be able to find the OE jettings posted somewhere. > I'd have to take a guess at the mileage. I probably get four hours of highway > driving (if I get on a highway) on a tank. It doesn't seem to be burning more > gas than normal. I recommend that EVERYONE keep track of their gas mileage. Just keep a little notepad in your glove box and get used to a system where you write down the odometer mileage and fill-up gallons every time you fill up the tank. Then all you have to do is subtract this mileage from the previous one to get the number of miles since your last fill-up. Divide that number by the fill-up gallons and you have the gas mileage since your last fill-up. Each line in my notebook looks like this: date mileage (mileage difference) gallons (miles/gallon) where the numbers in parenthesis are calculated from the other values. Once you get in this habit you can watch your gas mileage for changing trends that might indicate problems. I'm often found this useful in pointing out a problem that I wasn't even aware of yet. > I did adjust the idle recently. I did so because after the engine was hot it > would not idle after I came to a stop. I adjusted the idle screws and the > idle air screws while taking a reading from a tach/dwell meter (600?). Could > I be way off on the settings? Someone else will have to answer this, as I'm not that familiar with the carbs, but I wouldn't expect the idle settings to have much effect at speed. If you're spending a lot of time at idle, this could be a problem, however. I think Steve mentioned syncronization, too. That's worth thinking about. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org