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Annoying Beetle Accelaration Problem

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skintsaint Commited Dubber

66 posts · joined Jul 2007 ·

#629536
G'day

I have a small but annoying problem in my 72 beetle.

Everytime i accelerate it feels like it actually loses power and I have to take my foot off the pedal slighty to stop it happening?

Any ideas to solve this?

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Owner at last of a 1974 L VW Beetle! 😍

punchbuggyracer Seriously Crusin Dubber

152 posts · joined Apr 2006 ·

#629537
maybe the accelerator pump is stuffed? (the diaphram in the carby)
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kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#629542
if you have a vacuum advance distributor, lifting the foot off the throttle slightly gives more advance ignition & therefore cleaner accelaration, so check your timing as well
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skintsaint Commited Dubber

66 posts · joined Jul 2007 ·

#629556
Sounds the best idea, cheers for the help I will book it in for next week :tup:
Owner at last of a 1974 L VW Beetle! 😍

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#629559
try for a 1 hotter range in the spark plugs as well it may help we use them here in Sunny Sydney and it help burn the fuel better theres too much crap fuel about and they charge top dollar for it

Also the points may be closed up a bit it could be a number of things
unless yr there with the appropiate new parts then its a bit of a guessing game
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