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On 5 May 2003 at 9:00, jim wrote: > Is there a ball-bearing in the auxiliary air regulator (AAR)? No > My car started to idle poorly on start-up, it wasn't getting that extra kick > from the AAR. So, I went to pull the hose from the AAR to the plenum/air box > and found a ball bearing in there?! It wasn't there this winter, the car warmed > up fine in sub-zero weather. A ball bearing stuffed up a hose is a "standard" method for disabling a hose while not making it obvious. It has probably been there all along, but you just didn't discover it until now. The only bearings in the AAR are 2 simple sleeve bearings. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org