Cavalier idle mixture adjustment

Nov 17, 2005 1 Replies

Hi !



I have a 1990 1.8 Cavalier. I just got it, and it was running well rough at idle.



I have rectified this by a slight turn of the idle mixture screw in an anti-clockwise direction, but I wondered - have I made it leaner or richer by doing this ?



I am used to setting mixtures on minis, where too lean and the exhaust note 'puffs' too rich and it 'hunts'.



Can I use the same rule of thumb here ? I don't have any exhaust gas meters unfortunately...



Many Thanks, Craig



you have richened it, if it runs ok then leave it alone till it's next mot

mrcheerful

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