Date:         Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:04:43 -0500
Reply-To:     "James R. Gilbert" <cb541@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "James R. Gilbert" <cb541@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Subject:      Lug nuts, new engine, etc.
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

Lug nuts. 110 ft/lbs. for sure. Had a wheel come off. It
had been loose for months, but didn't realize the clank noise
back there was the wheel rim banging around. Especially
the driver rear wheel. Check them periodically.
Was gonna look up vergnugen in Germ/Eng dict. But I'll go
ahead and post this.
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Report:
Newly installed, re-built engine. 2.1 liter digifant. '87
Wolfsburg.
2162 mile trip. 16.3 mpg avg, nearly all highway driving.

Here's the thing.
I once said in this group to adjust the, oh about 1.5 cm
'adjusting screw' on the intake, a large, obvious adjustmen
screw (bolt actually), to adjust the idle speed.
I totally retract that. That screw adjusts the air flow, I'm
now thinking, on the air flow control fuel injection.
I had the 'bumpingintermittent power' problem. I kept
adjusting this screw. The 'bumping' got better and better,
upon counterclockwise rotation (making the fuel/air mixture
path bigger, I think). The idle was too high, but the
bumping stopped and I had good power at highway speeds.
The moral of the story is do't adjusthat screw to reduce
the idle speed. I think the idle speed is supposed to be
controlled by the computer, actually. And, I think my intake
isn't in good shape it should be, so the idle speed doesn't
come down properly sometimes.
The final moral is, I gotta read my Bently and try to figure
out some about the intake adjustments, the springs, and
other apparatus around the intake, to properly adjust the
intake, and maybe figure out why my idle is too high when
the intake screw is adjusted so the vehicle doesn't
'bump/lose power' at highway speeds.
And one more thing. I was travelling in rain most of the
time. My front floorboards were always wet under the rubber
foot pads. I noticed once that the front floorboards are
made of wood. I suspect these boards aren't sealed properly
and I'm getting water splashed up thru the cracks or
something and getting wet carpet up front.
All above is preliminary, possibly incorrect, and a good
reading of Bently and examination of the under side of the
front floorboards would help verify/unverify what I'm
saying.
Happy farvernugen (I think that means travel far, which I
use my vanagon for, actually.)
Russ
'87 Wolfsburg