Doug. The diesel is totally different then a gas version. It sounds like you have a air leak letting air in. Otherwise it would not be running at all. Look for hoses off and listen for a hissing sound of leaking air. My intake manifold gaskets were leaking and I had a hose off. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Miller" <Dugbare@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:53 PM Subject: 85 Uneven idle again
> Thanks folks for the advice already coming through, > As I sat eating dinner, I thought of one thing that I left out that might > be another clue to the puzzle. Then Zoltan also asked about it. When I took > the van to a retired Volkswagen friend, he adjusted a few things. One being > the idle speed adjusting screw.Through the archives, someone had suggested > turning the idle screw in to cut the idle surging out/down. When I tried that > earlier today, I found that the idle screw was already screwed in all the > way. I can only back it out. > Could the idle speed adjusting screw/throttle valve housing be my > problem? Is a 1.9 throttle housing interchangeable with a diesel or a 2.1L ? > Is the AFM on a 1.9L interchangeable with a diesel or a 2.1L? > Thanks once again, > Doug > |
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