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Blocked air passage behind the screw? It just allows extra air past which makes the brain think you've got your foot down a bit. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arkady Mirvis" <heaterman@nac.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:57 AM Subject: [T3] Idle adjustment > My 72' Squareback (fuel injected) idles at 600 RPM and refuses setting > of recommended for automatics 1000 RPM idle. I am turning the > adjustment screw on the air distribution box with warmed up engine not > responding. Experts - listees, what is the problem? > This shall be the first step in engine tuning, so I am stuck. Thanks in > advance. > > Kind regards > Ark Mirvis > > > On Sep 6, 2006, at 9:53 PM, russw wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 12:37 -0400, Constantino Tobio wrote: > >> Jim Adney wrote: > >>> Power bleeders are great. I wish I could afford one. Just don't > >>> confuse them > >>> with the silly little vacuum pumps. Don't bother with them, either. > >>> They have a > >>> good chance of pulling air into the cylinders. Like you say, gravity > >>> bleeding > >>> actually works pretty well. > >>> > >>> > > Bleeding brakes was how I got quality time with my children when they > > were growing up. They were pumping the pedal by the time they wer 6 or > > 7. > > ;+} > > > > -- > > russw <russw@classicvw.org> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >