Actually I don't have one yet. Was hoping to get one for cheap from someone on the list. I'll be putting it to use on my 16v with aftermarket efi because it's an easy way to increase the idle when the engine is cool. I had my megasquirt efi setup to run the standard vw idle valve a while back but it was kind of tricky to adjust. I figured I'd go for simple this time.
On Nov 3, 2011, at 1:04 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chad, > > You can test them out if to rule out the fact that the one you have is > faulty. Also, a liberal spray of carb cleaner inside the unit may clean it a > bit as well. Shake it out and you'll see the nastiness fall out. > > I went through this with my 84 Gti to resolve the idle issue when the motor > was cold. It would not idle until the car warmed up. When 12 volts are > applied to the aux air valve (via ignition), the valve inside will close > within 4-6 minutes. The element inside it will also force the valve to close > when the engine warms up via radiant heat. I never did resolve the idle issue > but was able to rule out a faulty or bad aux air valve. > > When the aux air valve is cold, you should be able to look down the barrel of > the valve and see day light. The valve in this case should be at least 1/2 > way to 3/4 of the way open. You can adjust how far the valve opens with the > lock nut on the unit only to a certain degree. To test and ensure the valve > opens when cold, place the valve in the freezer for ten minutes. > > The aux air valve is prevalent in any Bosch K-Jetronic environment, thus can > be found on some late 70's and early 80's cars such as Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, > Mercedes, et cetera. The location of depends where each brand felt they had a > spot for it. > > Thanks, > > Jim > http://home.comcast.net/~james.pawlicki/ > > > > > > Message: 1 > ate: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:14:36 -0400 > rom: Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> > o: a2-16v <[email protected]> > ubject: [a2-16v-list] wanted: auxiliary air valve > essage-ID: > <CA+V5SC-cZNQruRKK4gr8MCbFoOziu4mntM-kQ3KqejMgWNF==g...@mail.gmail.com> > ontent-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > I'm looking for one of these if any of you "parts collectors" have one > aying around. > http://car-parts-garage.com/images/uploads/prod61/img2_00/003/8956267_1282218196.jpg > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
