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You can adjust your VW carburetor by using the adjustment screws. There is an adjustment screw to adjust the flow of fuel. There is an adjustment screw to adjust the flow of air.
With a screw driver
If it is a fuel injected engine then you can not adjust the idle, it is computer controled. There is no idle adjustment. If it is a carburetor then there is a small screew over by the throttle cable, down towards the bottom of the carburetor.
If it has a carburetor, then there should be a screw somewhere on the carburetor. If it's fuel injected, then I don't think you can adjust the idle without hacking into the computer.
Go to your local autoparts store and by the rebuild kit according to your carburetor. Inside the box will be an exploded diagram of the carb which will make it relativly simple to rebuild First of all what kind of engine do you have. Briggs and Stratton or Tecumseh. If you have a Briggs & Stratton engine the factory setting on the little black screw is 1 turn out, Tecumseh engines 'usually' do not have adjustments. hope this helps
there is a small gold screw on the carburetor turn it three times anti clock ways
There is a black screw behind the carburetor, if you turn it clockwise while it is idling you will hear the rpm's drop.
The biggest screw on the side of the carburator, with a spring through it is the Idle adjustment.
With the engine running, turn the idle screw until you get the speed you want.
Find the carburetor and then adjust the idle screw however you like. You'll need a Philips screwdriver.
fine screw, fine hex screw, fine adjustment, micrometer.Some screw to adjust something. Either tension, air flow, fuel flow, etc. Examples are the adjustment screws on a carburetor that adjust the fuel/air mixture and the idle speed.
To adjust the choke on a 1978 350 4 barrel Chevy truck engine, turn the screw on the side of the carburetor. This screw is located in the side of the carburetor. Turning the screw to the right makes the choke open farther. Turn to the left to make the choke open less.