Karl,

I live in the mountains near = Yosemite National Park. It can get rather cold here... I'll save your post to my = personal archives and give it a whirl when the temps drop.

= Thank you, Mtngal

Subject: Is my 84 Vanagon Aux. = Air Regulator busted?

Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I = live in Phoenix, AZ, and was told that here in the summertime the effect on = the idle is negligible, since at ambient temp the AAR has almost no = effect. Seems you have to be below 40 - 50 degrees and the engine entirely cold to = perform this test.

Karl Wolz

During cold idle, I squeezed the top = hose on my auxillary

air regulator like I think the = Bentley manual says to do.

I haven't got a tach, but just = listening to the RPMs they

only drop a teensy bit, if = that. Am I doing the test right

and what does this = mean?