RE: sucky idle problems with the Mad Max turbo roc

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

My parts guy suggested that over time the warmup regulator can accumulate a
buildup of scale and rust, and that one way to fix it temporarily is to go
out first thing in the morning, before you've started the car, and open the
hood.  Then start the car, and immediately run to the front, place a piece
of wood against the regulator, and whack it firmly with a hammer a few
times.  He said this can dislodge the crap in there if you're lucky.  After
that, he said, take it off and let it soak in carb cleaner, and then blow
through the larger port with an air gun with a rubber tip to blow all the
crap out.

I can't say from experience that it works, but it's not too hard to take
off, so it's worth a try.

Aaron
'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
'70 Bug - hibernating
'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of SailingFC@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 1:36 AM
> To: alext@nu2u.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: sucky idle problems with the Mad Max turbo roc
>
>
> In a message dated 4/4/00 11:30:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> alext@nu2u.net
> writes:
>
> << It's strange that it will idle when cold, but when I rev the motor,
>  it will go back to idle and then drop down slowly and die over
>  about 5 seconds.  Kinda like it's slowly choking... :)  >>
>
> Alex,
> Sounds like your describing a bad warmup regulator.  If yours
> is still hooked
> up electrically, try taking the electrical connection off
> before a cold
> start.  It should start the same.  Now if it will idle for a
> while longer, I
> would suspect that's your culprit.  As the engine warms up
> your idle will go
> to crap again, but not as fast as if you had the electrical
> heater hooked up.
>  You can also try starting it with the electrical connector
> off and when it
> goes past the point when it typically dies, hook up the
> connector and see if
> it dies in a short period of time.  If it does, bingo, it's
> the warmup
> regulator.
> GL.
>
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> http://member.aol.com/sailingfc/
>
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