Are there no 'smog check' shops in your part of the world? The local VW guy also does smog checks, makes these things a little easier. Hooray for California (!).

Cya, Robert

----- Original Message ----- From: "jake beaulieu" <jbeaulie@ND.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: Re: 060412 AFM question

> So how in the heck are you supposed to have any idea what you are doing to > the air:fuel mixture when tweeking the AFM if you are not analyzing the > exhaust gases right away? I have been to 5 different shops this morning > trying to find someone to measure the CO and HC in my exhaust on my 82 air > cooled Westy so that I can set the AFM (I think I am running rich). > Nobody > wants to touch it. I have the Federal model motor so no oxygen sensor to > use as a guide. > > Thanks, > Jake > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of > Ryan Dunn > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:07 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 060412 AFM question > > I noticed the same thing over the weekend! Whenever I "stabilized" it at > idle with a short screw driver, the idle would settle down. Made me > wonder > if it supposed to dance around like that. > > Ryan > > "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM> wrote: > Over this last weekend, I did some smog adjustments. One of those was > tweeking the AFM. For those of you who have experience with the AFM, > should the wiper be moving (jitter or oscillation) of about 1/8 to 3/16 > of an inch at idle or should the wiper be pretty stable? > > William > > > > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great > rates > starting at 1&cent;/min.