Re: At a loss? Greatly appreciate any advice ...[sorry a little long]

["Steven Toughill" <stoughill@home.com>]

Your problem is adjustments

timing, mixture duty cycle mA ( 3mm hex and and a mA meter), or idle
stablizer adjustment (done with a meter and idle screw)

Steve Toughill
ASE Cert. VW Technician
Volks-Tech
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Zartman <alexz@drintl.com>
To: A2_16V@connecticom.com <A2_16V@connecticom.com>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:48 AM
Subject: At a loss? Greatly appreciate any advice ...[sorry a little long]


>
>
>1987 16v GTI.
>
>Car stalled this morning after coasting in 2nd gear and puttting into
neutral.
>As soon as I put the car in neutral it died instantly.  I find that lately
when
>I come to a light and put the clutch in the revs dip way low then rev up
and
>down for a while then settle at 900 rpm.
>
>I've replaced all of the following:
>
> vacuum hoses,
>injector o-rings,
>new battery,
> new spark plugs,
> new spark plug wires,
>checked for tears in boots
>ISV is one year old
>K&N Air filter
>
>I leaned out the fuel mixture prior to installing the SS TT catback
exhaust, and
>modifying the airbox.  Because of my free flowing exhaust and modified
airbox,
>do I need to re-adjust my fuel mixture? I don't mind a little idle hunt,
but it
>seems it is getting worse.   I have detailed instructions on how to adjust
the
>fuel mixture but I have no multimeter, so I can't use them.
>
> In the past I 've done it by feel.  I was planning to enrich the mixture a
>touch this afternoon and see if that helps?  Also try and flush the ISV
with
>carb cleaner and see if that helps anything.  I was told that there is a
device
>which controls how quickly the ISV responds, can that be tuned?
>
>I recently cleaned my K&N and I was wondering if a little oil from the
filter
>could get sucked into the ISV over time, and gum it up?
>
>What else should I check?  Frustrated!
>
>Alex
>
>
>
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