Was wondering if anyone might have suggestions for a friend. His 86 Golf
is sputtering and chokn/dies at both high and low speeds. zhe has changed
fuel pump up front and all electrical ignition stuff as well. There is an
internal fuel pump which he has not done anything to. Relays have been
changed for fuel pump, oh and fuel filter was changed. Please email me
with suggestilns/solutions.
19
Apr
86 Golf sputters
> is sputtering and chokn/dies at both high and low speeds. zhe has changed
> fuel pump up front and all electrical ignition stuff as well.
specifically which "electrical ignition stuff" did she change?
mako
tbow…@nbn.net wrote:
> Is there a fix for this?
> I had an 82 Scirocco, and replaced the throttle body with a weber type.
The idle screw on this beast has a lock nut on it. Once you set the
idle, hold the screw and tighten down the lock nut. Never backed out on
me. If there is enough thread showing you could possibly thread a nut
to the idle screw and do the same. Or buy a nice big bore throttle body
from Neuspeed. I think your son would like the later idea. I think it
costs about $180. I don’t know if they still sell the weber version. I
got mine for about $100 in 1984.
Interesting enough, there was a real controversy over the neuspeed and
weber versions. Neuspeed had a progressive two stage set up similar to
the stock while weber was a massive openning. Weber was said to be
undrivable, being open or closed. I personnally didn’t find this to be
a problem. In defence of the weber, they said that the smooth round
openning was more efficient a high speeds.
Good luck
Rodney Noriel
90 Corrado G-60
In article <4qjtci$…@news.nbn.net>, <tbow…@nbn.net> wrote:
>On my son’s 1984 Rabbit GTI, fuel injected, the idle screw vibrates, turning out, increasing engine rpms.
>This is the screw called the "bypass screw" in Robert Bentley-series service manual for the GTI.
>The screw is located on rear of the the throttle valve housing….My son bought the car about three weeks ago,
>and we’ve had this creeping idle speed since then. Each time, I back it into the body and things are OK for about a day.
The rubber grommet on the screw is worn. Unscrew the screw completely and take it to
a parts store to match the grommet from their parts bin (or just buy a rubber grommet
assortment kit and pick the closest one). The grommet not only holds the screw tight,
but seals the screw to prevent vaccum leaks. The car may run noticably better after
you replace it.
Alternatively, just buy a new screw from the dealer for $10 – 12, if you find that
the threads on yours are bad.
Christos.
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Rodney Noriel <r…@corp.cirrus.com> wrote:
>tbow…@nbn.net wrote:
>> Is there a fix for this?
>> I had an 82 Scirocco, and replaced the throttle body with a weber type.
> The idle screw on this beast has a lock nut on it. Once you set the
>idle, hold the screw and tighten down the lock nut. Never backed out on
>me. If there is enough thread showing you could possibly thread a nut
>to the idle screw and do the same. Or buy a nice big bore throttle body
>from Neuspeed. I think your son would like the later idea. I think it
>costs about $180. I don’t know if they still sell the weber version. I
>got mine for about $100 in 1984.
>Interesting enough, there was a real controversy over the neuspeed and
>weber versions. Neuspeed had a progressive two stage set up similar to
>the stock while weber was a massive openning. Weber was said to be
>undrivable, being open or closed. I personnally didn’t find this to be
>a problem. In defence of the weber, they said that the smooth round
>openning was more efficient a high speeds.
>Good luck
>Rodney Noriel
>90 Corrado G-60
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Less than $2 for an o-ring will fix it also……Jay
Jay Hahn wrote:
> Rodney Noriel <r…@corp.cirrus.com> wrote:
> >tbow…@nbn.net wrote:
> >> Is there a fix for this?
> >> I had an 82 Scirocco, and replaced the throttle body with a weber type.
> > The idle screw on this beast has a lock nut on it. Once you set the
> :
> Less than $2 for an o-ring will fix it also……Jay
Good call Jay, I bet this happened to you as well. I know it happened to
me before & beats the more expensive options this guy mentioned.
-Mark
’80 Rabbit Pickup
’82 Rabbit Convertible