Re: rich fuel mixture and "clicking" noise

["David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

If the car drives alright when warm DO NOT touch the mixture 
adjustment. It sounds like you have a problem in 1 of the control 
circuits involved in the warm-up of the car. You have to make sure the 
idle circuit is functioning and also the lambda is buzzing happily. 
Next you might have a problem with the control pressure regulater AKA 
warm-up regulater. It is on the left valve cover. Check that the vent 
hose isn't kinked or plugged up. It is the short "U" shaped hose that 
goes nowhere.
Your car is not a "preproduction" car but it IS a very early car. The 
first production car was 500 so yours is the 114th car to be produced 
which doesn't make it any more valuable, it is just a very early 
production 81. In that regard you should check that it has had the 
recalls and updates that the early cars required.
The clicking could be anything from a stone in a tire (or maybe even 
a nail) to a problem with the speedometer cable to a problem with a 
brake pad in one of the calipers.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Larry <lkoden@xxxx> wrote:
> Hopefull Someone can help.
> 
> I have two issues. First it would be appreciated if
> someone could tell me how to adjust the fuel mixture. 
> The car runs very rich and when you first start the
> car you can't touch the gas pedal until the car warms
> up or it will die.
> 
> Second, when I drive the car, the car makes a
> "clicking" noise that I can't locate. (click, click,
> click) The odd thing is that when I press the brake
> pedal half way down the clicking stops when I release
> the pedal it starts again. I have had the brakes
> checked and the problem doesn't seem to be there. 
> Someone told me that it is a cable that runs from the
> front to the back of the car, in some sort of a
> channal, I have no idea. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Also, my car is vin 00614, a pre-production car with
> 5,000 miles that I am thinking of selling if anyone
> has an interest.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Larry #614