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Subject:Re: idle/full throttle switch replacement
From:EMZ
Date:Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:18:07 -0400

HI Karl,
      Hey this switch is real easy to replace. Only 1 alien
key holds it in. You can see it by looking straight down. You
will see 2, 1 is a cam arrangment used to precision adjust it,
the other holds the thing in.  There is a replacement from
VW that you need to get that undates these to a better design.

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Karl F. Bloss wrote:

> I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on
> our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i.e. it wasn't he
> wiring between the switch and the ECU.
>
> Now the question is: is there a trick to removing all that frabbitz?
> Looks like I need to take off the air cleaner, AFM, throttle body,
> possibly remove some other wires like the idle stabilizer, and then
> the switch is underneath.  (Why the hell didn't they stay with the 2
> accessible switch system like on the Digijet <grumble>.)
>
            Nope    Follow the above.

> I know Bill Dummitt told me that many of the vans he diagnosed with
> the ECU tool had this problem.  How do these things fail anyway?  Is
> it a worn out contact plate, worn cam, or is it the switch itself?
>
> -Karl
          He is right!
          Poor design..... thats why they made the undate.

       by the way are you comming to the VW show here in Pgh.
       If so let me know and I'll save you a space.
                                   Eric