help me pass aircare!yay I passed.-Danger-

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (marc_scirocco Quebec)]

He has a 1.7l with no O2 sensor. No use for a dwell meter...

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4 Quattro

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Dan Smith
> Envoye : jeudi 4 decembre 2003 16:04
> A : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : RE: help me pass aircare!yay I passed.-Danger-
>
>
> Or just get yourself a Bently and a dwell meter and go from
> there. I agree though, 2 full turns is HUGE. The reason the idle
> stumbled is because you leaned it so much the car wasn't getting
> enough fuel to run. By adjusting it back to not stumbling, it
> just barely has enough fuel to run. I've heard of people doing it
> the other way, adjusting way rich until the car stumbles/bogs and
> then turning back. Give it like a 1/4 turn to the rich, then
> either get a dwell meter or a mechanic to set it right where it's
> supposed to be.
>
> Dan
>
> David Utley <mr.utility@highstream.net> wrote:
> Quoting Vince :
>
> > Ok so I finally passed. It's like it was a whole different car
> - the results
> > are impressive.
> >
> > I did the following things since my fail:
> > - leaned out idle fuel mixture, about 2 full turns, until idle stumbled,
> > then up until smooth.
>
>
> OMG...
>
> I think I should tell you, that is a VERU BIG adjustment... I strongly
> suggest that you take that thing to a mechanic or shop that is
> able to measure
> whether a car is running lean or not... If you adjusted this thing 2 full
> turns, and you have never adjusted it before, I can guarantee you
> that you are
> running lean, which will cause premaure wear and/or overheating... If you
> have never had your baseline set before, I strongly suggest it... When
> mechanics adjust the mixture seting, they turn it prolly less
> than a 40th of a
> turn... No kidding!
>
> HTH
>
> David
>
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