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Subject:Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:11:09 -0500

There is a procedure for measuring current and duty cycle in the Bentley.

Dennis

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From: Stephen Engel<mailto:sengel543@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:07 PM
To: Dennis Haynes<mailto:d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F

What is the test specifically?

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> On Mar 9, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> These are now reaching a point that the coils are breaking down and failing. Short the coil and say good bye to the control unit. Saw this twice last year. Test, test, test.
>
> Dennis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 6:41 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
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> You want to find a used one!  VW shops often have them for sale, and folks who do conversions may have them.  Also check The Samba, they pop up there every once in a while.   I believe it was used on most VWs that had Digifant EFI in that era.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Alan Hockstein
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 8:41 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
>
> Does anybody know where I can find this?
> Or know if anybody repairs this? I’m outside of Philly.
> GoWesty is sold out.