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Re: [T3] Chugging
VW's were called "put puts" for a good reason.
On Jan 30, 2008 10:27 AM, Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> That's pretty normal for that year system. They don't track perfectly on
> warm up and run a bit rich for a while but only during the middle of the
> warmup curve, you can lean it out but then it will stall a couple times on
> initial startup.
>
> You may be able to tweak the fast idle speed a bit with the AAR but with the
> D system on the 71 the FI will cut out when the idle speed reaches about
> 1400RPM, and that's pretty annoying.
>
> Keith
>
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> >
> > On a '71 FI manual sqareback, when the engine is cold, it chugs or lopes
> > while idling until it warms-up. It sort of sounds like a car that has a
> > racing cam when it's idling. I pulled the air line going from the AAR to
> > the
> > air cleaner and it is pulling plenty of air. If I put my finger over the
> > line, it stalls.
> >
> > It doesn't seem like it's running rich, no black smoke coming from the
> > tailpipe. Once it warms-up, the engine runs fine and the idle is smooth.
> > The
> > only other thing is the gas mileage is a bit low, about 19-20 MPG.
> >
> >
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