[Vwdiesel] Thought on "engine dies when cold start knob is pushed in" problem

[David Hardy]

Loren, I think you may be right, mine is an '89, and the pump has a lot more
things to adjust than my '81 does - including what I guess is the idle speed
screw (vertical one with a spring around it). It's also apparently controls
residual pump pressure, according to Bentley. I'm going to tackle my fuel-flow
issues this weekend and then I'll report back. I heard somewhere that too much
vacuum in the fuel line will cause residual pressure to be wrong, and then it's
impossible to time the pump right.

-David

>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 21:32:08 EDT
>From: LBaird119 at aol.com
>Subject: [Vwdiesel] Thought on "engine dies when cold start knob is
>        pushed        in" problem
>To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
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>  Is that possibly an '86 --> pump?  The idle speed could be set low
>enough or messed up a bit such that pushing the cold start knob
>not only retards the timing back but also drops the idle too low to
>keep running???  Only logical thing I could come up with.  It just
>kind of hit me on the way home today.
>     Loren

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