Warm-up regulator questions

[cody at 5000tq.com]

No experiance with the WX, but I suspect that one vacuum port is for  
atmospheric referance.

What I mostly wanted to chime in on is the Unwired tools regulators.  
I've used a few of them on 911's (some 911 WUR's are NLA or $900++)  
and love them. One went bad a year or two ago and they sent me a new,  
updated, upgrade model for free and didn't even want the old one back  
nor shipping costs. Two thumbs up.

-Cody Forbes



Quoting Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>:

> Hi everyone,
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> My freshly rebuilt stock WX is experiencing a rough idle during the warm-up
> phase. It starts very easily, hot or cold, but during the first 30 seconds
> when cold I must help it survive with the gas pedal. My understanding is the
> WUR is bad or dirty. I've swapped it for another one I have, same result.
> Both WUR electrical parts are OK, showing continuity when tested. When hot,
> the engine is fine with a nice air-fuel ratio on the rich side. The urQ WUR
> part number is 0 438 140 094 or 035 133 403D.
>
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>
> Before I open one of them, I have a few preliminary questions :
>
> 1-       There are two vacuum ports on them, and both ports are connected
> together via tubing and a T-piece and the other part of this T is connected
> to the thermo-vacuum switch. Is this right ?
>
> 2-       Is the thermo-vacuum switch supposed to be closed or opened when
> cold ?
>
> 3-       Is there a good way and a wrong way of connecting that switch ? Or
> is it only a valve allowing some vacuum/boost to reach the WUR when cold/hot
> ?
>
> 4-       Anyone had opened a WUR before for cleaning purposes ?
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> A new WUR is a 500$+ affair, so I've looked other solutions if I must
> replace it. Look at these guys, they propose a variable pressure WUR which
> one tunes via a laptop. It looks very interesting, but price for a turbo
> engine WUR is 600$.Ouch!
>
> http://unwiredtools.com/
>
> Look for the UTCIS-PT, that's the one for turbo engines.
>
>
>
> Brady, could this be a nice thing for tuning a CIS lightly modded engine ?
>
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> Oh btw, we have another baby girl in the house, lil' Simone. She's born on
> august 24th, and the baby and the mother are both going very well. When I
> got the other girl in 2005, Estelle, the very knowledgeable Brady Moffatt
> told me there was a car of that name, the Skoda Estelle. In fact, it was the
> UK-only model name for the rear-engined communist-era pre-VW Czech econobox.
> Since they were also sold in Canada during the 80's, albeit under the Skoda
> Rapide moniker, I am seeking one survivor on which I will affix the UK
> badges, hence lil' Estelle will have an eponym car for her prom night in
> 2021. Now, I need your help to find an appropriate ride for Simone : the
> Brady-pedia was clueless about any car of that name, but I am sure you guys
> will find me an obscure version of a forgotten car that I will have to get
> for the other one prom night in 2024.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Louis-Alain
>
> 1983 Quattro
>
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