Date:         Tue, 13 Apr 1999 01:44:26 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: New (used) Syncro
Comments: To: Rich Durant <rich_durant@MENTORG.COM>
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Rich Durant wrote:

>
> Flipping through the Syncro manual, it shows an air intake tube that you
> fiddle with before water crossings by the access panel next to the oil
> filler and dipstick.  But I don't have one.   Should it be there?
>

I do not have this valve either, in my 88 Syncro. I have seen it on a '85
Syncro once, this was a 1,9 carb engine, and I believe it is fitted on carb
engines only, my manual describes it as "a valve to shut off pre-heated air"
and at least early models (not sure about Syncro) uses an heat exchanger on the
right muffler, for pre-heated air for the carb. Maybe the Diesels have them
too. I'm not sure, my manual does not go into this very much, and my Haynes
does not cover the Syncro.

PerL
88 Syncro
Arendal, Norway