Date:         Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:57:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe <matandded@netway.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe <matandded@netway.com>
Subject:      Re: Idle / Plugs / Thanks!
Comments: To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@home.com>
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I put a new cap and rotor in today... (NON BOSCH from my FLAPS).
Started good the first time, but my problems occured maybe the third
start.  Idle has always seemed low...

hmmmmm...

Tom Young wrote:
>
> There's a very large "screw head" on the throttle body that controls
> the idle; it's a bypass and it's temperature independent.  Other
> components of the FI system, notably the aux air regulator, help set
> idle when the engine's cold.
>
> But... the idle adjustment screw is the last, *the very last*, thing
> you mess with in this situation.  The way the FI system "self
> regulates" means that, in theory, a Vanagon could go its whole life
> without having this screw adjusted.  So, failure to start and failure
> to idle is *almost always* an indication that something else - mainly
> ignition and other FI components - needs fixing.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> Tom Young                      tomyoung1@home.com
> Lafayette, CA 94549        '81 Vanagon
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe" <matandded@netway.com>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 7:33 PM
> Subject: Idle / Plugs / Thanks!
>
> > How can the Cold and Hot Idles be adjusted on my 81 Vanagon?  It
> idles
> > really low, and today would not start, I think because it wasnt
> getting
> > enough fuel?  I kept turning it over and foolin with the gas peddle.
> It
> > finally started and stalled a few times, but I got home :)
> >
> > What do listmembers reccomend for spark plugs.  I used only BOSCH in
> my
> > Old 1600sp, since they did not have the habit of seizing and ripping
> out
> > threads, is this also true with an 81 2.0L, or are there better
> plugs on
> > the market?
> >
> > PS- Oil change went great today.  Thanks for all the help.  The ASI
> is
> > noe enjoying a vintage Synthetic 15W50.
> >
> > Matt & Nise
> >
> > 81 ASI Riviera "????"