Where the idle stop is, the set screw rests on a little microswitch, the
other one is for fast idle when the A/C is on
----- Original Message -----
From: "kenneth parker" <elkeni@mac.com>
To: "M Aube" <maube@idirect.com>
Cc: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] 84 XN6 k-jetronic assistance
>
> Is the switch the little cylinder that looks like the cutoff mechanism
> on the VW Solex carbs?
> Ken
> On Mar 6, 2005, at 2:20 PM, M Aube wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > That problem is usually caused by the microswitch at the throttle
> > body. With
> > the throttle closed and agaisnt the switch, the circuit controlled by
> > the
> > switch is supposed to be closed thus shutting off fuel between 1200
> > and 1800
> > rpms on deceleration. If that switch is the problem on your car, it is
> > doing
> > the opposite. The microswitch is closing the circuit on acceleration
> > and
> > shutting off the fuel delivery between 1200 and 1800 rpms. An easy way
> > to
> > test this is by disconnecting the microswitch, the surging should
> > disappear.
> >
> >> On Mar 6, 2005, at 3:11 AM, kenneth parker wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I have an 84 GL wagon that does not idle well and seems to,
> >>> particularly when I keep a light foot on the pedal, be starving for
> >>> fuel. I have an identical engined sedan that does not, under the
> >>> same
> >>> style of driving, exhibit any of the symptoms that my wagon does.
> >>>
> >>> I bought a very thorough, though complex way over my head, Bosch f.i.
> >>> book a while ago. I find it a little harder to understand T.S.
> >>> Eliot's
> >>> "Four Quartets" and wonder if anyone could enlighten me with an
> >>> explanation as to how to adjust and diagnose the system in a manner
> >>> that, say, Fred Flintstone might understand.
> >>>
> >>> The car is recently tuned with new plugs, wires, valves meticulously
> >>> adjusted and, what seems to be a good distributor.
> >>>
> >>> Another thing that I have noticed that the car's cluster, heater
> >>> control and clock lights will often flicker. The battery light never
> >>> comes on when this happens.
> >>>
> >>> If anyone out there can suggest a way for me to cure that kind of
> >>> hunting lurching that I experience when I am not accelerating I would
> >>> be very appreciative. I would also like to know how to bump up the
> >>> idle a bit. Please, if any adjustments entail doing anything to that
> >>> weird spanner-like screw on the front of the f.i. unit or the 3mm
> >>> allen
> >>> behind the air cleaner, please tell me what direction they should be
> >>> turned to get the desired effect.
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ken
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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