[Vwdiesel] I got the Rabbit all buttoned up, and...

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/2009 9:11:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
eriklane at gmail.com writes:

> I just found more power for my car by turning *down* the max
> fuel screw. It was blowing a bit too much smoke and I would find that
> sometimes I would get the max power out of it around 2/3 of the way down and
> if I pushed the pedal further then the power would drop. After backing that
> screw out it feels like I have an extra ~10-20% power. And my smoke is
> practically non-existent.

  Did someone mess with the screw?  If not then that's a good sign 
of worn injectors or a dirty air filter.  Turning down the screw doesn't 
necessarily tend toward better mileage but in your case, where it 
was so extreme that you actually LOST power from overfueling, it 
might.  
  I set the pickup's aneroid down a little for off boost because it was 
blowing a bit of black before the turbo kicked in.  I hoped to pick up 
a mile or so.  I actually lost about 1 mpg or so.  This was pre rebuild.
     Loren


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