Re: WOT Switch

["Jeremiah Curry" <jeremiahcurry@sprintmail.com>]

This is the 2.1 L engine.  Is this what you are talking about?  On my car
there seems to be a WOT switch hooked up so that the WOT switch is depressed
when the accelerator is floored.  It can be pushed with my fingers and this
is when I can feel the diference

Jeremiah Curry
'84 CGT (far from mint)


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>
To: Jeremiah Curry <jeremiahcurry@sprintmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: WOT Switch


>You don't push the WOT switch.  The throttle shaft turns it.  Remove the
>connector and check the switch components for continuity.  One side should
>close at cloased throttle and open just above closed throttle.  The other
>side should be open at closed throttle and open at about 80-85% WOT.
>
>At 03:39 PM 10/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>I think my WOT switch is dead.  when the car is idling I cannot feel the
>>switch engage when I push it, but when the car is not on it clicks.  Is
this
>>normal?
>>
>>Jeremiah Curry
>>'84 CGT (far from mint)
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Wolff <wolff_b@ix.netcom.com>
>>To: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
>>Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
>>Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 12:58 AM
>>Subject: WOT Switch
>>
>>
>>>I have found that if you click a working WOT switch by hand while the
>>>car is idling, the idle will change. (At least on my 4kq). Also a good
>>>idea to turn off the engine and have someone mash the "gas" pedal to the
>>>floor and check that the throttle is opening all the way and clicking
>>>the switch. You also don't want too much tension on the cable or it will
>>>fail early.
>>>Wolff
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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