Re: [DMCForum] I don't appear to have a mixture adjustment screw

[Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's precisely correct. You are adjusting an offset in the see-saw 
motion of the metering flap. Have you never taken your air filter off?!

Martin

ryanpwright wrote:
> Here's a pic of the hole: http://www.ryanwright.com/temp/mixture.jpg
> 
> So I decide to adjust this, since my engine is running a little rich.
> I stick my 3mm allen wrench down in there and it just keeps going. So
> I pull it back out and I hear this "thumpthumpthump". It appears I am
> pushing down a spring loaded flap of some sort when I stick this allen
> wrench in.
> 
> My best guess, pulled straight out of thin air, is that the mixture
> screw is supposed to push down on this flap, preventing it from going
> up too far. Since I appear to have no screw, my flap just comes all
> the way up, thus the engine is very rich.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
>

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