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idle screw

I have an extra screw with a worn out gasket. Never could find just the
little gasket O rings, the right size anyways. I ended up buy the srew and
new O ring came as a set.

On 9/29/05, Foxx (in a box) <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>
> > I didn't have any luck finding a new one myself. I just wanted to
> replace
> > mine because the o-ring had worn down and the screw kept backing out and
> > wasn't working right. Following advice from the list I've bought every
> size
> > o-ring that's even remotely close to the size. But I never found one
> that
> > worked well. I found one that worked ok. Basically, I could have
> > accomplished the same thing with loc-tite though. So if you do find a
> source
> > of either idle screws or correctly sized o-rings in your quest I'd be
> > interested in the solution! So I guess my advice is to find a junk yard
> idle
> > screw and buy up all the o-rings in your local hardware store and start
> > playing around with combos. In the meantime, anything that plugs the
> hole
> > will help. Some duct tape with a small hole will probably do ok until
> the
> > hole gets too big. We got a friends car home from a hundred or so miles
> away
> > with a folded over piece of hose just jammed in there.
>
> my fix to a loose idle screw has always been a little teflon tape.
> doesn't interfere with the operation of the screw (can still be
> adjusted) and it stops it from moving around.
>
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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)