typ44 - crappy idle when cold on '86 5kT

[JordanVw at aol.com]

you hit the nail on the head..  thats what the problem was..  

damn.. my 5kT is actually running good for a change...  save a pentosin drip 
here and there..  but as we all know, a bottle of the green fluid is a must 
have in every type 44 owner's trunk..

chris

In a message dated 12/19/05 10:55:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
sutul at telus.net writes:


> It is probably the idle switch on the throttle shaft.  These are famous for
> having bad solder joints inside the unit.  You can check with an ohm meter.
> The connections inside consist of two pieces of metal which only touch
> together and are soldered.  If the solder cracks the current flow is
> intermittent.
> The switch has two sets of contacts, one for idle (which should turn on when
> the throttle is completely closed) and one for acceleration (turns on at
> about 2/3 throttle.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of JordanVw at aol.com
> Sent: December 17, 2005 21:52 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: typ44 - crappy idle when cold on '86 5kT
> 
> my '86 5kT idles like crap until it warms up. then its fine.   funny thing
> was it did this during the summer too...    would a faulty TPS be a culprit?
> 
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