Must be something in the water.....

phantom Wolfsburg Wizard

598 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 29 Jul 2004, 12:28 pm

#209599

Must be something in the water.....my VW is playing up too....

My 69 bug has started something which I hope is not leading to something bigger. On a cold start the car sounds like a chaff cutter and puffs out the smoke ....it hasn't let out any smoke since I bought it a few months ago. Once it is warm it sounds great and there's no smoke. I'm concerned as I know its the warming up period that is critical in an engine...

Any ideas? Could it be something as simple as timing, tune, running rich, etc? Or something sinister?

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 29 Jul 2004, 12:36 pm

#209601

or my be something in the fuel???

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kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 29 Jul 2004, 12:41 pm

#209602

(probably) fuel drining from carbie into cylinders, when you start the car it floods the plugs on the two cylinders that are lowest effectively making it run on only the other two cylinders, the smoke is the unburnt fuel blowing out, another possibility is that is is oil draining into the combustion chambers giving the same effect, both problems are not uncommon

Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54

phantom Wolfsburg Wizard

598 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 29 Jul 2004, 12:46 pm

#209604

Fuel quality I can fix as I'll try another servo.

If I have fuel leaking into the cylinders.....how would I fix this? Or even identify that this is the problem? Any further info?

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kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 29 Jul 2004, 12:53 pm

#209606

the needle & seat in the foat bowl of carbie, BUT
first, do you park on a slope of any sort, this can cause the problem

Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 29 Jul 2004, 1:32 pm

#209613

If the choke is connected,try disconnecting it and see if it fixes the problem. Make sure it is in the open position though......

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