I've looked all around the carb - how do you adjust the idle on a 1989 Golf
GL - 1.6L?

Thanks

There is no idle adjust on an '89 Digifont. Well, there is a little idle
stop where the cable hooks into that little 1/4 wheel thingy, but no idle
adjustment per se. The Digifont's brain responds to various inputs to
adjust idle speed electronically, and if something is amiss then the idle
speed won't be right.

First off, we need to confirm that you have the Digifont system.

Second, we need to understand what the motor's doing, and under what
circumstances.

Tim Wohlford
'89 Golf, 246,000 miles (all of 'em mine!)

"Disco" <nospamplperry (AT) skynet (DOT) be> wrote

Most of the people in this NG are in USA or Canada, and the 1.6 l never
made it over here. I don't think we even got a 1.8 with a carburetor in
the A2. The Bentley manual we get here does not cover the 1.6 engine,
but you can buy a Haynes manual (see http://tinyurl.com/2tk3z) and it
will cover your 1.6 GL.


Tim Wohlford wrote:

"Tim Wohlford" <timNO (AT) SPAMwohlford (DOT) net> wrote

Right. The poster had a .be address though so he has a Europan model.