Are there no 'smog check' shops in your part of the world? The local VW guy
also does smog checks, makes these things a little easier. Hooray for
California (!).

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "jake beaulieu" <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: 060412 AFM question

> So how in the heck are you supposed to have any idea what you are doing to
> the air:fuel mixture when tweeking the AFM if you are not analyzing the
> exhaust gases right away?  I have been to 5 different shops this morning
> trying to find someone to measure the CO and HC in my exhaust on my 82 air
> cooled Westy so that I can set the AFM (I think I am running rich).
> Nobody
> wants to touch it.  I have the Federal model motor so no oxygen sensor to
> use as a guide.
>
> Thanks,
> Jake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Ryan Dunn
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:07 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 060412 AFM question
>
> I noticed the same thing over the weekend!  Whenever I "stabilized" it at
> idle with a short screw driver, the idle would settle down.  Made me
> wonder
> if it supposed to dance around like that.
>
>  Ryan
>
> "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM> wrote:
>  Over this last weekend, I did some smog adjustments. One of those was
> tweeking the AFM. For those of you who have experience with the AFM,
> should the wiper be moving (jitter or oscillation) of about 1/8 to 3/16
> of an inch at idle or should the wiper be pretty stable?
>
> William
>
>
>
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