carb troubles

[bigman_10]

hey guys i've got a little trouble with the idle when cold. when its warm its sits nicely at just under 1k, but when the choke is on its way up over 2.5k almost 3k. is there a screw that adjusts this so i can bring it down. i live a 10 minute drive form work and the choke barley gets off when i arrive and its killing the fuel economy. Any ideas which one it is?

[Khare]

cycle to work. much easier

[bigman_10]

cycle to work. much easier

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  have you been outside recently... its slightly baltic

[Khare]

have you been outside recently... its slightly baltic

i know. thats why im buying a mk3, so i can row along the motorway.

[rubjonny]

sounds like the age old coolant o'ring problem, have a read of my 2e2 carb faq.

[DarnPB]

have you been outside recently... its slightly baltic

i know. thats why im buying a mk3, so i can row along the motorway.

 

[bigman_10]

sounds like the age old coolant o'ring problem, have a read of my 2e2 carb faq.

Its a 1.3 so got the 2e3 carb. would it be the same problem though?

[rubjonny]

ah yes, should have looked at the pic properly!  the autochoke unit is #28, the thing with a wire and coolant hoses going to it.  Check that it gets boiling hot when the coolant is hot, and also check the electrical heater put puting a multimeter on the plug and the chocke housingg, you should get continuity.

[Goops]

have you been outside recently... its slightly baltic

i know. thats why im buying a mk3, so i can row along the motorway.

 

[bigman_10]

ah yes, should have looked at the pic properly!  the autochoke unit is #28, the thing with a wire and coolant hoses going to it.  Check that it gets boiling hot when the coolant is hot, and also check the electrical heater put puting a multimeter on the plug and the chocke housingg, you should get continuity.

ok thanks for that i'll have check tonight. i think it'll be fine when the coolant is hot but now you mention the heater - pressume thats the hedgehog jobby in the inlet? I can remeber messing around near that once i'll check its conected and working. does it plug into the plug on the auto choke unit? if so i think that might be a good starting point. i've got a spare hedgehog i'll see if swapping them over makes life any easier.