[Vwdiesel] rev issues

[Nate Wall]

<<<t's fun to experiment with it.  I cranked it in all the way to 1 1/2 turns
and drove it that way... A HELL of a lot more power and alot of black smoke
(cool!).  But the fuel mileage drops down to about 25>>

This soots up the oil rapidly. I read an SAE paper on how diesel soot levels in
oil increase wear rates of engine components. There is a direct and marked
coorelation. Not good for long life. Soot is quite hard and abrasive.

--Nate

Anthony Kimmell wrote:

> I cranked my '81 Rabbit up a little bit.  You have to grind off the crimp
> they put on the screw at the factory.  I turned mine in about 1/2-3/4 turn.
>
> It's fun to experiment with it.  I cranked it in all the way to 1 1/2 turns
> and drove it that way... A HELL of a lot more power and alot of black smoke
> (cool!).  But the fuel mileage drops down to about 25.  I leave it about 2/3
> turn in from stock and get about 38-40 MPG and the motor probably has about
> 10-15HP greater than stock.
>
> --
> Tony Kimmell
> Bloomington, IL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kris" <krisa at subtend.net>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] rev issues
>
> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 08:54:16PM -0500, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> > >   If someone's cranked the fuel delivery screw in too far it seems to
> bring
> > > it past
> > > the idle circuit and into the lower end of the running circuit, for lack
> of
> > > better
> > > terms.  They are really slow to return to idle when they're like that.
> > >      Loren
> >
> > I've seen posts in the past about this screw.  Located on the side with
> > the injector line outputs.  The theme seemed to be "a little does a lot"
> > and "in == more fuel, out == less fuel".
> >
> > Can this screw be played with safely? (ie.. can I get it back to where
> > it was easily if I decide to muck with it).
> >
> > --
> > I'm just a packet pusher.
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