[s-cars] Auxilliary Air Regulator -- 1981 VW Vanagon

[chris at force5auto.com]

 The old CISE Vw Foxes ran those bi-metallic warmup valve too as I
recall, and some of the Vw Cabriolets. I'm thinking '85-'89 vintage.
Might be easier to find than an old Porsche.

-Cheers
-Chris Semple
Concord NH
'84 4000q
    '02 Allroad 6spd
         '08 E350 DRW

----- Original Message -----
From: Cody Forbes 
To:"Peter Golledge" 
Cc:"s-car-list at audifans.com" 
Sent:Thu, 31 May 2012 07:28:04 -0400
Subject:Re: [s-cars] Auxilliary Air Regulator -- 1981 VW Vanagon

 Nope Peter, the type 44's have an idle air controller not an aux air
valve An aux air valve is a more simple device, you apply power and
it opens, then as a heated wire inside gets warm it slowly closes.
Once it's up to temp (2 minutes or so) it never opens again until the
engine is off long enough for it to cool.

 Gary, you can look for one used off of any number of Porsches from
the 70's. Check with 914's first as they'll be cheaper than 911 parts.
Places like PelicanParts.com [1] and automobile Atlanta are likely
sources. But really I'd just plug the hoses and toss the thing, it's
rather worthless when it works perfectly.

 -Cody Forbes

 On May 31, 2012, at 2:39 AM, Peter Golledge wrote:

 > Assuming this is for idle control... all of the Type 44 (5000/200)
have them, would expect any MC motor does. Do take small 12V battery
to test units with at the wrecking yard... lots of them go bad!
 > 
 > On 5/30/2012 9:25 PM, b1biker at aol.com [2] 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



Links:
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[1] http://PelicanParts.com
[2] mailto:b1biker at aol.com