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On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 22:58, Constantino Tobio wrote: > I've got this sneaking suspicion that my fast idle wasn't that the AAR > was too cold but that the AAR is stuck open. When I ran the engine most > recently, I plugged up the AAR except for a tiny opening, and the idle > slowed down but the car did not seem to want to stall. Before, when I > ran the car for 20 minutes, there was no change in idle speed due to the > AAR closing, and there was still a very strong vacuum in the AAR hose. > > I put an ohmmeter to it, I got a reading of 14 ohms between the wire and > the body of the device. There's other tests I'd like to perform, such as > applying 12V to it on a bench and seeing if the rotary valve turns. > > Since I have an automatic, it doesn't seem like I can realistically open > this one up and see if I can free it inside. Thoughts? > Are you sure you have 12V power to the AAR. It is supplied by a red wire that is along side the oil light wire. The power is supplied by the fuel pump relay. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~