[T3] Fuel Mixture

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Mon Mar 14 18:50:00 PDT 2011


On 14 Mar 2011 at 14:33, Adriel Rowley wrote:

> When romping the throttle, fuel mixture goes from 13.8 to as high as
> 14.5.  Do not know how accurate the latter figure is, but figure the
> fuel mixture should get richer right? 

WIthout load, just standing still, you won't see much change. So that 
sounds pretty normal, but that's just my guess. Keith's sensor is 
mounted so that he can see the results at any time, while driving, so 
you probably won't be able to duplicate his numbers.

> I decided to go on Bob's advice and check the fuel output as per the
> posting below.  All I have is an eight ounce bottle, which took about
> 15 seconds to fill (no watch).  This is from the right side as to
> account for some loss due to the system.  So seems that it is getting
> enough fuel.  T.P.S. is properly adjusted, along with the basics. 

That's plenty.

> Oh and does pee yellow fuel mean anything?

It probably just means that you have a gas leak that's picking up 
some dirt/oil on its way to the ground.

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