anyone know what this bit does ?
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its on a 1300 beetle carb.Thanks
Rich
dashpot ?
Apr 01, 2007
7 Replies
Yes. Dashpot!
It deliberately slows down the throttle closing as a means of controlling emissions.
Speedy Jim
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That's what I thought :-)
Cheers Jim
Rich
Yup and more commonly found on late model buses. I haven't seen one in a bug, or in a 1300 engine in general.
Jan
Common on US bugs 1600cc.
You haven't seen them cuz people threw them away! HaHaHa
Jim
I "threw" it away too, since I thought it was only applicable to the bus... Should I have kept it? I was looking at 2 bentley manuals one for a bug and another for a bus, that's how I figured that it was only applicable to the bus...
Anton
Quick! Somebody report him!
It;s in the Bentley for '70 thru '79.
They threw them out because it made driving difficult; you never knew what the idle was going to do.
Jim
Mine is gone & I still dont know what the idle will do !
James
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