thanks everyone.
I will get on to it again during the week ,spent the day with family watching Bathurst. So at the moment i have swapped the ignition cable from 3 and four , new hotter plugs enhance self cleaning and i will purchase the regulator as i fear that i will create an oil leak at the base of the fuel pump base if i tamper with it.
Its not leaking now so why tempt fate??
does it idle smoothly?? you dont have an air leak into number 4 meaning you need to richen the mixtures to get them correct on that side, leading to too much fuel in number 3??
do all VW's have the retarded spark timing for number 3?? I'm thinking this could be an issue.
doesnt blow any smoke does it?? Danielles type 3 had a severs missfire on number 3 when we got it, new plugs has fixed it for now, but now it blows alot more smoke. I'm guessing 3 has an oil control issuethat isnt noticeable once its fouled the plug.
Its carbon that fouls the number 3 plug.
Very little smoke when revvved hard.
It idles nicely at 1000 rpm.
This is why i posted, im out of ideas.. its not fouling number 4 plug but it does foul plug three and its a pain ..
Not working on the car during the week as i have started a new job .Will post more as things come to light. i also have the rear left tyre flat.All awaiting for the weekend to be attended tooo..
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
not yet, doing 12 hour shifts at the moment stores are closed when i venture out after work.Will be done on the weekend along with the rear tyre puncture repair.
forry2000 wrote:yep, somewhat contrasting to Mr 'i'm gonna get real personal' Torrens.
Kadrons like low psi.
Forry: 'getting personal' would read something like "you obviously know nothing and you sound like a dickhead" :P
Anyhow Takis, are you sure your problem is not ignition related? One single-throat carb feeding two cylinders is not really likely to foul just ONE plug...
left work early today.
went to Auto1 at Villawood , No fuel regs for sale .Just bought flash lube .Drove on to Supercheap and no happiness there either.
Recommendation for a low fuel reg is Rare Spares on Parra Rd,
Im going there on Sat , and i`ll pick up leads and other ignition bits for another go!!
Cheers all.
well the saga has come to an end.
after weeks of frustration, i handed the car over to Burwood carb services.
i found out they see a few Kadrons come thru the workshop and they had the gasket kits for them.After explaining to Tim the issues with the car he explained that another valve clearance adjustment be made, before i hand over the car.
The following day being last Thursday , i drove the car to him , explained that i wanted the carbs overhauled and a full tune carried out, also the Malpassi reg to be installed.
Friday i received the call the car will be ready for pick up.. i Trained it over to Burwood and rocked up to collect the car. Tim explained that the manifolds do favour cylinder 1 and 3 but didnt find anything obvious..
as far as the fuel pump it was pumping out 4 and a half psi. Couldnt install the malpassi reg , so instead installed one of those el cheapo chrome ones. 😠
handed the money , got the keys and away we went , thinking that all should be behind and all for the better having a carb expert now tinkered with it..
So today we went for a long drive , got to Auburn and it stopped in the middle of the road...
Pushed the car into a side street off parramatta rd..
sat there pondering the future and how quickly the fire brigade would take if a match was thrown into the car???
After 20 mins , the car started up idling contently on the side of the road...i jumped in and turned for home ..
Several km from home she stopped in the middle lane of Hume Hwy..
Again i pushed it down a side street and called the NRMA..
The road service guy discovered that the fuel pump is faulty and rang for a tow..
i thanked him and canceled the tow , i struck the fuel pump with the tyre iron and the car started as if there was no issue..
its home now..
the wife has had enough !!!
Im frustrated with it..
Monday i will go out and purchase a new fuel pump and install that and see what other issues this little car can throw at me..
The up side , well the spark plug so far hasnt fouled yet!!!
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
takis wrote:Tim explained that the manifolds do favour cylinder 1 and 3 but didnt find anything obvious..
Shows how much Tim knows............Kadrons have a manifold for 1&2 and a manifold for for 3&4, they are both the same dimensions......................Just ring Stan Pobjoy.
tim said if you look down the manifold, it does (favour) 1 and 3 in the fuel charge..
All i know is this little car is testing me and my patients with it..
I trully dont know if the fouling issue has been cured as i havnt had a chance to do a good run as new issues have arised..
To be continued.....
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
nothing is impossible ,i dont know the cars background ,but someone could have had a go at matchporting and smoothing the internal castings.Quite possibly made a meal of it!! As we all try to improve the horsepower with what we have . The insides of the manifold could be modified i havnt seen inside the throat of them so i cant make the statement that its impossible.:🙅
Craig,
I'm not the most technically minded on this forum but if the manifold was made so the carb wasn't centred directly over the ports so on each side it was say more over number 3 than over 4, wouldn't that affect things? Plus Takis I've had VWs running for ages on two cylinders (not recommended!) so even if one spark plug was fouling it wouldn't stop you.
um
its not the manifolds design in that the carb isn't centre or whatever,
its probably more of a valve overlap problem common with Kads.
Have u checked the Exhaust on that cylinder , is every thing ok there ?
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
ancientbugger wrote:Craig,
I'm not the most technically minded on this forum but if the manifold was made so the carb wasn't centred directly over the ports so on each side it was say more over number 3 than over 4, wouldn't that affect things? Plus Takis I've had VWs running for ages on two cylinders (not recommended!) so even if one spark plug was fouling it wouldn't stop you.
This can happen with webers as they can run an offset manifold......................but not Kadrons.
Takis can you take a photo of the engine bay, and the carbies just to confirm that they really are Kadrons ?
Sorry , at the moment having many issues to contend with , new job ,pool renovation , family and another job interview to prepare for..(Pursueing higher pay naturally.)😎
I will get a pic and fire it off soon.
When i have driven the bug since i had the carbs overhauled, it now overheats and stalls on the road after prolonged idleing , say waiting to emerge on a very busy road...once i get on the main road and floor it to get up to speed she coughs and splutters and stalls as it feels like its run out of petrol..
NRMA guy indicated that the fuel pump was cause of my lack of progress.
I poured cold water on the pump and she started immediately once again as if there was no issues , idle good no miss and gets me home..
The car hasnt been driven since last Sunday.
Mind you the kids dont wish to get in the car as they are too embarrassed pushing it off the main street when she does decide to play up.
As i said earlier, very pressed for free time at the moment...
When i do get some time i will look at the ignition timing and a new fuel pump maybe..it was a rather hot day in Sydney on Sunday but that sould be no excuse for fuel vapour lock or mechanical failure of the fuel pump.
Another thing im thinking is it might be leaned right out also to combat the plug fouling and now the engine is running in elevated temp... because of this..
To be continued.............
I had a fuel issue when I was travelling down to Canberra the other weekend. I had a blocked steel line between the tank and pump. A piece of broken down rubber hose was blocking it. I would recommend to anyone that has their car jacked up at home, pull both rubber lines off and give the line a blow.
Very embarrassing, I had to call the NRMA to blow the line out at the side of the road, that's who I work.
I had a fuel issue when I was travelling down to Canberra the other weekend. I had a blocked steel line between the tank and pump. A piece of broken down rubber hose was blocking it. I would recommend to anyone that has their car jacked up at home, pull both rubber lines off and give the line a blow.
Very embarrassing, I had to call the NRMA to blow the line out at the side of the road, that's who I work.
Its funny now, but at time it wasn't, left Sydney at 5.30 am didn't get to Canberra until after lunch. Had every tool that I thought I would need with me, but no compressor. It ran like a clock to Bathurst a few months ago and then up to Sawtell.
ignition leads are genuine bremi leads, they have been changed twice with new ones, i have heard the Bremi plug ends did go thru a quality issuue, but its not that as i said i have changed them many times without a difference with the fouling plug..
Its funny now, but at time it wasn't, left Sydney at 5.30 am didn't get to Canberra until after lunch. Had every tool that I thought I would need with me, but no compressor. It ran like a clock to Bathurst a few months ago and then up to Sawtell.
Steve
yes I know the feeling... BTW, I was having a chuckle at the NRMA 'thing', not the actual situation... IYKWIM
Here is the latest. Picked up a Brazilian fuel pump on Saturday from Classic VW, many thanks to George.
Tackled the fuel pump and replaced the gaskets and sealed a source of oil leak.🙅
Then took it out for a long test drive , and fanged it about .🤪
No problems , didnt miss a beat , lots of fun when its running well.
Sunday went out again in the bug and ventured further as my girls still dont trust the vehicle..
Came home and all was fine..
Later in the afternoon , i volunteered to go out and pick up sundays dinner.Well we didnt get very far, as it stalled in a busy roundabout..
I got out and awaited for a decent gap in the traffic to negotiate an exit and get it in a safer place ..
Made several attempts at starting it and it didnt fire up..
Lifted the engine lid looked around at the usual electrical connections , and fuel line. I didnt touch anything.
I only looked at various items..
Then had another go starting, and it started first thing , as if nothing was a miss.
I didnt feel like pushing my luck ,so once again headed home and jumped into a diesel old faithful and went to get dinner.
At least i know there are no gremlins in the diesel🤪
That was Sunday, it hasnt moved from the garage.
My wife and daughter are reluctant to have anything to do with this car, im getting a little annoyed also..
My next purchase will be hood jax from Hornsby..soon, as i sense it is running a little hotter than before it got its carbs done.( Running a lot leaner in order to stop the fouling of the plug)
This car has a rain catcher mounted beneath the engine lid vents which dont assist in allowing the heat to escape from the engine compartment..
I will let you know if it makes a difference..
Have you thought of there being crap in the fuel tank itself? It's only due to a mispent childhood where we put potatoes into peoples' tanks and the idea being that the car would start and run for a short while then stall as the potato got sucked to the fuel outlet in the tank. Once stalled the potato floated away and the engine once again started. Obviously this can only happen when the tank doesn't have an internal filter.
does it act like its running out of fuel when it dies or does it just die instantly?
i had one of those bastard GT40 coils that pulled the same stunt many times
but theres a few igintion parts that can just get hot and crap out for a while
I Accelerated to enter the roundabout , it just lost power and no matter how firmly the accelerator was depressed, it reached idle for a few seconds and then it just dwindled away ....then it was huff and puff push power..😬
The thought of a fuel blockage is also making sense,
Crap could of blocked the flow the first time we broke down and had MR NRMA man look at VW aircooled for the first time and from his deductions previous fuel pump got turfed, and now with a brand spanker fuel pump she once again leaves me by the side of the road scratching my head ,and just when i was reaching for the matches, it must of sensed its number was quickly coming to an end ,and it had a change of heart..
A repreive for the little car again....🤪
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
