People familar with the spring adjustment in GLT that can be set to lower power and increase economy??
Its been mentioned to me before, and again today.
?It is thought that maybe my power drop is due to this being set for economy. When i got my car the air flow meter cover kept falling off, we siloconed it on, and i have just jimmied it off. Is this where the screw is turned to change power/economy
I've heard about it but don't know how you can fine tune it. Does it work both ways? I mean when you loosen the spring, will the engine power increase?
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instead of power increase/decrease you should think of a richer/leaner mixture.
a richer mixture MIGHT give some increase in power, but that is far from guaranteed. it WILL lead to a lower mileage...
a leaner mixture, might work to increase mileage, but if you go too far, power collapses totally. Also, there might be a sharp increase in thermal load on your cilinder head.
The Best Setting = ( probably ) factory setting ....
if something's wrong with the flap meter (likely, that cap is not supposed to come of automatically..), I wouldnt bother with it and get a decent one.
also, common failures are gummed up injectors (ultrasonic cleaning) and faulty temperature sensors (can be checked with ohmmeter)
I was under the impression that there was some sort of spring you tighten, which reduces air flow into motor. (if the spring was let out more, it would require more air force to push it back, thus reducing flow to engine, and subsequently reducing petrol intake/power).
The way the volvo mechanic put it was "the 360 has a built in rev limiter" which didnt really sound right.
What you say antiekeradio might be correct, but i dont think it was simply an increase in richness /visa versa (that is waht the hex key to the lower right does).
The 360 DOES have a built in rev limiter. Its in the Renix unit, a hard ignition cut out at around 6250RPM, the air mass meter spring is as the other's say to adjust the fuel mixture when driving. Unless you have a problem, or someone with the right equipment can diagnose ie: gas analyser with a wideband Lambda sensor, then I'd leave well alone.
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