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You can do that (and start listening to me again), it will run and adjust properly, you'll only lose your fast idle when the car is cold. This may cause it to keep stalling or not idle when cold. With an auto... it may not be drivable this way. Keith > Thinking out loud here... > Should I just plug the AAR on my car and then set the idle/timing? > Technically, it's supposed to close once the heating element has heated > up the spring. Of course, if I were to do that and then unplug the AAR > the idle would jump up until I got the AAR fixed (or just leave it > plugged until fixed). > > Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > Two '72 VW Squarebacks, '95 VW Jetta ~ WIP, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914 > http://www.icbm.org/ > Portland, Oregon > > > Jim Adney wrote: > > >Thru '69 they both got the same AAR, unheated except by the engine oil. > > > >Starting in '70 the AT got a different AAR. That AT-only AAR has an integral internal heater, not a heated stud. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >