RE: [T3] FI vs Carburetion.

["Toby Erkson" <icbm@icbm.org>]

Keith,
You should add that the automatic transmission cars use an electrically
heated AAR and these are not as hearty as their manual tranny counterparts.
Note that a Type 3 (automatic) and a Type 4 (manual/automatic, they use the
same AAR) use essentially the same unit so one can be swapped for the other.
The only difference is the angle of the input/output pipes.  Typically the
heating element parts will fail and it's not a simple fix.

     Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing,
     '73 Porsche 914, '90 Wet Jet
     http://www.icbm.org/
     Portland, Oregon

>-----Original Message-----
>OK, here is the FI FAQ
>
>Keith
>
>Fuel Injection. It's your friend!     By: Keith Park
>
>Some pointers and explanation for the D Jet Type 3 FI System.
>...
>     Next we'll [Ed. I added the apostrophe because "we'll" is a
contraction of "we will" ;-) ] visit the intake auxilliary air regulator,
all 
>this does is to let a little more air around the butterfly 
>valve so the car will have a high idle when warming up. Its 
>controlled by the engine oil temp and is adjustable so if your 
>fast idle is too slow remove the Air reg and you'll see a 
>little slide adjustment, loosen the screw and slide it all the 
>way to the + and tighten it.
>Other than needing this adjustment they are usually bulletproof.
...

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