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Re: [T3] Rpm drop
<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset="iso-8859-1/macintosh"><div>My 70 (manual) fb</div>
<div>idles high upon start...and then, after a few minutes...</div>
<div>comes down. usually at a light, i hear the adjust...</div>
<div>it hasnt cut off yet, and i figured this was the </div>
<div>auto choke working its magic. am i wrong?</div>
<div>is this normal?<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Baum</b> <<a href="mailto:daniel@type34.info";>daniel@type34.info</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi all,<br><br>It's ages since I posted a message to this list. It's good to be back.<br><br>I have very recently finished a full engine overhaul, plus a little work
<br>here and there on other things, and put the car back on the road after a<br>break of a year and half. The car, I should mention, is a 1969 Type 34 with<br>automatic transmission. You can see pictures of the car and the work I have
<br>done on it here: <a href="http://www.type34.info";>www.type34.info</a>.<br><br>After having solved a few small initial problems, the car runs extremely<br>well. I have only taken it out a few times, but I have been pretty amazed by
<br>its performance, especially the last time I took it out, which was<br>yesterday.<br><br>There is one problem; after the car has warmed up, when I stop at traffic<br>lights, the rpm falls so low that the car sometimes conks out. I can avoid
<br>this by putting it in neutral, which results in a smooth, quiet idle. I have<br>tried raising the idle speed, but this resulted in far too high a speed in<br>neutral. The problem, then is a big gap in idling speed between neutral and
<br>"drive".<br><br>Does anyone have idea what I can do to fix it?<br><br><br>Daniel<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>List info at <a href="http://www.vwtype3.org/list";>
http://www.vwtype3.org/list</a> | mailto:<a href="mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org";>gregm@vwtype3.org</a><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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