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Dan n Friends Help me trouble shoot my DPR trouble shoot tool.



That's what I was thinking it was. If the O2 is plugged in it will change 
the readings or adjustment won't it?  I set it at idle correct?  Then it 
uses that as a baseline for running?

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 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: 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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>> > 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
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>> > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
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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)
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