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Idle screw?
Thomas Turse wrote:
> Ok, I couldn't resist and I played around w/ the idle screw- the slotted one
> on the side of the filter housing- not the hex bolt adjustment. Is there a
> rule of thumb w/ setting the air/oxygen w/ this adjustment screw? Too rich-
> smell gas? I had everything totally set up a while back and shouldn't have
> messed w/ anything.
My finacee used to own an '86 Mazda 323. I learned where the idlemixture screw
was and started to play with it. I had to as the place
we bought the car from had cranked it up instead of replacing a
choked air filter (it would have NEVER passed emissions).
I managed to get that car to idle very well, and it passed emissions
(in Minnesota) with flying colors. The readouts for both readings,
(two gasses) both read 0.00. How I managed that I'll never know,
but she was sure a happy camper.
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