I managed to take a crappy cell phone picture of the aux valve:
http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/aux.jpg

Because of the angle, the *obstructed* portion looks slightly smaller than
it is, since I wanted to make sure to get all of the hole.

-Wes

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote:

> So, this auxillary air valve didn't seem to be doing much... I tried
> pinching the hose with the engine running cold and it didn't get any
> definitive reactions.
>
> I have the little bugger out now, and am looking down through the middle.
> I see the little spring loaded valve mechanism.
>
> My question is: how open is it supposed to be?  It's a little bit open
> right now, but if I stick a little toothpick in there, I can swing it so
> that it's much more open.  When at room temperature, how much of an
> obstruction should it be giving to the hole... right now I'd say its an
> 80-90% obstruction.  I can swing it so that it's more like a 50%
> obstruction, but then the spring pushes it back to where it was before.
>
> Any suggestions?  It doesn't look like it can be adjusted.
>
> Thanks again!
> Wes
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>wrote:
>
>> Wes,
>> Have you checked the idle bypass valve? sounds like it is stuck closed.
>> Ken Lewis
>> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>> in statu viea
>>
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