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Turbo Nipple



In message <3.0.3.32.19980722231854.0092a8e0@frii.com> Brooks Ellis writes:

> What is that odd little 'nipple' on the front of the 10v turbo engine for?
> (It's more like on the intake manafold) It's got a screw inside it.. an
> adjustment screw?

Idle adjustment screw.

On most engines, you need a tachometer and a milliamp meter to adjust
it.  A CO meter helps - a Colortune plug will do at a pinch (and is
always preferable to a Gunson CO meter).

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 Phil Payne
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