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Idle question, don't delete me please...(Fox manifold/8V)
On 7:32:28 pm 09/25/05 Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cathy it is always good to hear from you grumpy or not. Thanks for
> all your help my way.
Oh for Pete's sakes, the least I can do is offer some help once in a while,
I've sure been a recipient with considerable frequency.
So today's photos were fine from the looks of it, some IR from Cincy if you
can believe it. And that was almost entirely Rocco content. The medium
format stuff was a wash though, but I know what I screwed up. Those old
cameras are not so "user friendly" but they make great photos.
So "real" Rocco content? Klaus seems to be behaving, I had to go get the
Cabby and took him for a longish romp. The daughter had lost her keys.
Yeah, they were on the driver's seat. Not so hard to find. And investigaion
into Klaus' non-working air horn revealed a dead short in the compressor.
Gotta like that. WHy is it that crap always seems to find me eh? Good thing
I left the stock horn as a backup, useless as it is.
Glad to hear you've got the son hooked. My son has his engine on a sling
currently, after asking if it was normal for the (A2) front motor mount to
move up and down about an inch. Well, in a word, nope.
cathy
>
>
> On 9/25/05, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> >
> > On 11:50:53 am 09/25/05 "Dick Y Wong" <sailingfc@dslextreme.com>
> > > wrote: Or you can do like me, for years I've been setting my CO
> > > by "ear". Once the engine is warm, pull out your trusty long 3mm
> > > hex wrench and start adjusting the CO screw in the fuel
> > > distributor. I basically turn it until the it idles smoothly.
> > > This may take a few tries, going back and forth to the idle
> > > screw, so that your idle speed is not too high or low. You
> > > should be able to hear the engine is not happy within about a
> > > quarter turn of the CO screw when you find the sweet spot. Don't
> > > forget to blip the throttle in between adjustments to settle
> > > things in. And turn on your headlights and accessories to
> > > simulate the worst case loads. But I don't adjust for the
> > > radiator fan since it's a short cyclic load. When I'm done, my
> > > "unloaded" idle speed is a little above 1000 rpm.
> > > When it comes time to go to the Smog Nazis, I pull out the 3mm
> > > and go to work and lean out the CO a good couple of turns. You
> > > will have go to the idle screw and open it up a bunch to get it
> > > to idle, but that works for me. That's when it will run like
> > > it's anemic but it's still drivable. My last test I passed the
> > > test under the average #s for HC, CO & NO (at both speeds).
> > >
> > > Sorry to hear about the rain. It's partly sunny and 54 deg. with
> > > a high of 78 deg. today in my part of the SF Bay Area.
> > >
> > > Good Luck.
> > >
> > > -Dick-
> > > 78 Scirocco
> > > Original Owner
> > > 95 Passat GLX
> > > Second Owner
> >
> > I don't have to have this one sniffed, they are rumbling about
> > "tougher" E testing which will run back as far as 1980, but that
> > car will still be fine. And the sun did come out, but todays plan
> > was to kill various films on Roccos and that I did, including two
> > rolls of 120 on the mighty Speedgraphic (my old bellows jobbie), I
> > hope they turn out. This was after recovering from another
> > headache. Idle was steady for that trip, though a bit high, it
> > didn't change. And the car runs well enough 95% of the time, it's
> > that 5% that makes me nuts. I should have enough time between now
> > and the gas analysis to screw with that plumbing, may as well put it
> > the right way around.
> >
> > And for those heading out my way anytime soon, I found an ace
> > photo spot on
> > rock shelves on Lake Erie...anyway, thanks again, sorry i was so
> > grumpy yesterday.
> >
> > cathy
> >
> >
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> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)
>