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| ThinAir |
Aug 10 2012, 12:46 AM
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Best friends ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,569 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I've had some issues lately with very low & rough idle as well as some hunting behavior. As part of preparation I've been reading Brad Anders' tretis on D-Jet Idle Stability (http://members.rennlist.com/pbanders/idle.htm). I know that hunting is an indication of a vacuum leak, but I'm wondering about proper settings once that is solved.
In his last paragraph he mentions that since the D-Jet doesn't do any altitude mixture correction, you should expect additional instability in the mountains. Well, I live and drive at 7,000 feet so there are few places with thinner air for driving than Flagstaff. Although I used to have a car that idled fine by my standards, I'm wondering now about how adjustments are affected by altitude. If I were to take my car down to Tempe (1,000 feet) for work at a shop that I trust to set CO and such, would I be wasting my time and $$$ because of the big difference in altitude? I don't know of a shop in Flagstaff that knows 914s well enough to do this. |
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| TheCabinetmaker |
Aug 10 2012, 09:06 AM
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I drive my car everyday ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,365 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
I've driven my djet at altitudes greater than 7000 feet. Including flagstaff and the canyon a few times. I have never experienced any problems from my mps. Hunting at idle is usually a lean mixture caused by an improperly adjusted tps, or the mixture knob on the ecu.
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ThinAir Altitude & D-Jet Adjustments Aug 10 2012, 12:46 AM
SLITS Ernie, I disagree about D-Jet altitude compensatio... Aug 10 2012, 06:58 AM
Drums66
Ernie, I disagree about D-Jet altitude compensati... Aug 10 2012, 11:01 AM
Dave_Darling The barometer (basically) that was used for altitu... Aug 10 2012, 09:45 AM
ThinAir Thanks, guys. My ECU was adjusted a few years ago ... Aug 10 2012, 11:45 AM![]() ![]() |
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