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Dan n Friends Help me trouble shoot my DPR trouble shoot tool.
No its a smalll allen head accessed from the top of the Air Fuel Distributor
next to where the air intake that comes from the TB is connected to it. It
takes 3mm allen, The T handle style works best. Don't pust dwon hard on it
while turning. Some distributors need to have the access plug drilled out
to get to it.
On 3/13/07, David Brown <sharpshooter33@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> When your talking about adjustments your talking about the idle mixture
> correct?
>
> Does the O2 effect the mA? What does it show when I go off idle and
> accelerate? I'll give it a try on my next days off with mA to see what
> I'm
> getting and if it holds idle with the DMM plugged in on mA.
>
> Thanks
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
> To: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@roadrunner.com>
> Cc: "scirocco scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Dan n Friends Help me trouble shoot my DPR trouble shoot
> tool.
>
>
> > You need to put the meter in series with the leads meaning that the
> meter
> > connect the circuit. If You don't then the car won't run if the circuit
> > is
> > open. It should be high around 20 mA on a COLD engine. As it reaches
> > operating temps it will drop and should stabilize around 7 to 10
> mA Some
> > people run it a bit richer around 5mA. The lower the number the richer.
> > When making adjustments do it in very small amounts. A very little
> twist
> > of
> > the allen screw will change quite a bit. Start with less than a 1/8 of
> a
> > turn if you need to adjust it. Make sure the car is fully warmed up
> too.
> > That pretty short and sweet explanation. HTH
> >
> > On 3/13/07, David Brown <sharpshooter33@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> OOOPS. I thought it was Voltage I was reading. I thought it was like an
> >> O2
> >> sensor for MS.
> >>
> >> Ok so I have it assembled what am I looking at with mA's? The DPR
> works
> >> on
> >> Amps? (pie on face)
> >>
> >> I'll set it for mA's. 10mA to start with? Then what am I looking for
> on
> >> diagnostics?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> David
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@verizon.net>
> >> To: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@roadrunner.com>; "scirocco scirocco"
> >> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:14 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Dan n Friends Help me trouble shoot my DPR trouble shoot
> >> tool.
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, first off you should be measuring current through the circuit and
> >> setting it for 10 +/- 1 ma.
> >> Also it's important that you maintain polarity with the maintenance
> >> harness
> >> in place. If you should reverse the wires then the engine won't run
> well
> >> if
> >> at all.
> >> It may be simply that if you're measuring voltage the high impedance of
> >> the
> >> voltmeter is enough to impede the correct current flow through the DPR.
> >> Dan
> >>
> >> From: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@roadrunner.com>
> >> To: "scirocco scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:07 PM
> >> Subject: Dan n Friends Help me trouble shoot my DPR trouble shoot tool.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ok I assembled the DPR/Multi meter tool pretty sure I got them wired
> >> right.
> >>
> >> Plugged it in and it starts, but then won't maintain idle. The
> multimeter
> >> shows around 7.9v it doesn't change it just drops off even if you try
> to
> >> hit
> >> the pedal. the voltage remains around 7.9v until I turn the key off.
> >>
> >> Whatz up with that?
> >>
> >> BTW thanks for the link for the connectors Dan. 8-)
> >>
> >> David
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> > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> > 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
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> > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)