quattro Digest, Vol 104, Issue 3

[Rick Hayllar]

I may be wrong but these type valves often get stuck up with gunk in 
them. A good flush out with carburettor  cleaner or will often fix them
rick H
On 04-Jun-12 5:00 AM, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:
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>     1. Re: Auxilliary Air Regulator -- 1981 VW Vanagon (Huw Powell)
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> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:11:18 -0400
> From: Huw Powell<audi at humanspeakers.com>
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> Subject: Re: Auxilliary Air Regulator -- 1981 VW Vanagon
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> I looked through my box in the attic that has some CIS bits in it, no
> AAR, sadly.  And any CIS stuff I had downstairs would have been thrown
> away by now.
>
> But all this thing is is a valve that is open when cold and closes as it
> warms up, to maintain idle speed by adding a bit more (metered) air.
>
> You can make a manual one using, say, a heater valve and a manual choke
> cable - pull to open and close after a few minutes operation or once you
> are driving.
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> On 5/30/2012 11:25 PM, b1biker at aol.com wrote:
>> I have a bad auxiliary air regulator on my 81 VW Vanagon, 2.0 air cooled. VW says that it
>> is no longer available and I can't find an on-line source. This is a 2-wire
>> regulator and I've been told that any 2-wire unit will work. Does anyone know
>> of  other VW or Audi models that use a 2-wire auxiliary air regulator so that I can substitute.
>> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
>> Gary Meier
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