89 Coupe engine trouble

[alan pritchard]

sorry, in my early morning confusion i thought we were talking cis, if id
have read the subject!!! just ignore me, lol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at mediaone.net>
To: "alan pritchard" <alanthecelt at alanthecelt.screaming.net>
Cc: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre at online.no>; "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: 89 Coupe engine trouble


>
> > aha, id never done it but i presumed the slotted screw above where the
fuel
> > line comes out could be used to trim individual lines, shows waht i
know.
> > fuel pressure in the system can be adjusted as a whole, but its a bit
> > drastic, if all else fails and you cant tweak it out on the isle
> > mixture-screw-thingy on the distributor,
>
> but in closed loop the mixture will still be set by the computer unless
> you're really far off and it can't.  On OXS systems anyway, which an '89
> CISE-3 should be even in europe, right?
>
> > if you run out of things to try, on
> > the radiator side of the engine is the fuel pressure regulator (sorry if
> > thats not what its called) unbolt that, underneath is a brass cap,
> > pull/drill/butcher that, and you will gain access to a factory set
screw,
> > winding the screw in richens the mixture as i remember.but dont rely on
my
> > memory, i used this method to set the fuelling on my car when i removed
the
> > gauzes out of the system, which then allowed too much fuel thru.
> > That little secret was gleaned from somone of the list a while
back........
>
> that regulator is on CIS and CIS-turbo only, not CISE or E3.
>
> oh well.
>
> Sounds like some measurements on the car are in order though - more
> facts will help clarify the problem.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
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