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wildfire Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 6 Nov 2008, 5:04 pm

#678395

Have been nothing but amazed by Chilli, ( started first time every time) her motor had been upgraded to a 1600, gearbox is still under warranty, alot of money and some love had been put into her when I bought her.

And I have done the same, she had a major service not long after I bought her and Roger said she was sweet....

Picked up the kids from school the other day, and unless I kept her at high revs she stalled..... Seeing as between my house and the school there are numerous lights an overpass and 1 and a half round abouts, she stalled alot lol

Let me tell you it was the hairiest and scariest 7 minutes of my life lol Thought it may have been dodgy fuel, but I've had dodgy fuel and it wasn't doing the same thing, one thing I did notice was when I pulled up and turned her off at the school, she made a ticking noise in the motor, like an alloy head does ...

Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated apart from taking it back to Roger at this point in time. 😀

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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 6 Nov 2008, 5:12 pm

#678396

So, have you had a look in the engine bay yet and made sure everything is still connected, wiring and so-on ??? My first suspect would be the wire coming loose on the electric cut out on the idle jet, which sits roughly in the middle left of a 1600 carby from memory.

By "ticking noise in the motor" do you mean the slow cool-down tick sound that modern cars sometimes make ??? Beetles HAVE got alloy heads btw, but pretty rare for them to do the cool down tick thing...

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wildfire Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 6 Nov 2008, 5:21 pm

#678398

Sides wrote:So, have you had a look in the engine bay yet and made sure everything is still connected, wiring and so-on ??? My first suspect would be the wire coming loose on the electric cut out on the idle jet, which sits roughly in the middle left of a 1600 carby from memory.

By "ticking noise in the motor" do you mean the slow cool-down tick sound that modern cars sometimes make ??? Beetles HAVE got alloy heads btw, but pretty rare for them to do the cool down tick thing...

Thanks for answering me Sides, no haven't had a look at the wiring yet but will mention it to the neighbour who is coming over to see whats up tomorrow or the weekend.

Oops Alloy heads.... 🤓 it's doing the cool down tick thing....

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Nov 2008, 9:00 pm

#678447

I've never heard the VW engine clicking cooling down...

If that wire comes off the electromagnetic idle jet
as was said above.... You only have Fuel from the accelerator pump to keep You starting...

simple fix... How come you didn't look in the engine bay??

what if the fuel line had come off and was pumping fuel onto the hot exhaust????

no fuel filter in the engine bay I hope....

also check the wire on the automatic choke....

Lee

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stevosky Officially Full-On Dubber

232 posts · joined May 2003 · 6 Nov 2008, 9:49 pm

#678459

Was it happening when you were slowing down? Maybe one of the rubber plugs on the carby has perished and it is sucking air?

Steve

jedidan Officially Full-On Dubber

304 posts · joined Oct 2006 · 6 Nov 2008, 11:39 pm

#678473

is the exhaust system still new ? or recently installed ? they sometimes can make a ticking noise when they first settle in.

Also with the stalling - any smell of petrol in engine bay ? if you have a fuel filter installed, is it blocked or leaking ?

Electromagnetic cut-off switch is an easy check - turn the ignition keys (but don't start engine), you should hear an
audible 'click' coming from engine bay (or have a friend listen while you turn the ignition on/off) 🙂

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 7 Nov 2008, 8:37 am

#678504

everything makes a ticking/creaking noise as it cools. Listen to your house at night and you'll hear it.

ring your mechanic and tell him what's going on. he'll tell you what to do. I'd say there's some sort of blockage in the idle circuit. carburettors can be cantankerous and fiddly. A little bit of dirt can cause lots of trouble.

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wildfire Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 7 Nov 2008, 8:39 am

#678506

Will look at all that is mentioned above, and yep Steve it was happening when I was slowing down, I can't think why one of the plugs would have perished when they were replaced only 400 klm's ago, but will check everything we can and all thats been suggested.

Lee- I've never heard a vw engine click on cooling down either but it was the sound I likened it too cos I couldn't think of any other way to describe it.

Jed - The exhaust is old I looked at getting a new one and the muffler and exhaust place was like too much money $450 go to where you get it serviced and they can do it for half the price, they said the problem was sourcing, the exhaust isn't too bad I just wanted to upgrade it and have something different.

Will ring the mechanic again, thanks for your input Pete.🙂

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wildfire Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 8 Nov 2008, 1:24 pm

#678672

All is well, was just a loose wire, fixed and powering on as usual 🙂

Thanks to everyone who had suggestions/advice

Very much appreciated 👍

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ang3lsholocaust Custom Title Time!

1,014 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 8 Nov 2008, 2:16 pm

#678676

thats awesome news to hear thats everythings all good now with chilli
😊
jess

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 8 Nov 2008, 4:20 pm

#678687

wildfire wrote:All is well, was just a loose wire, fixed and powering on as usual 🙂

C'mon - don't keep us all in suspense - we want to know which wire was loose !!!

😉

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wildfire Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 8 Nov 2008, 6:23 pm

#678699

ang3lsholocaust wrote:thats awesome news to hear thats everythings all good now with chilli
😊
jess

Thanks Jess I'm sooo happy lol I was even thinking of not going to the coomera show 🤪

Hows everything with you ? 😀

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wildfire Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 8 Nov 2008, 6:30 pm

#678700

Sides wrote:
wildfire wrote:All is well, was just a loose wire, fixed and powering on as usual 🙂
C'mon - don't keep us all in suspense - we want to know which wire was loose !!!

😉

All I can tell you Sides that it was a wire on the right hand side of the carby... fuel pump wire ? I don't know lol because when I got down stairs 5 mins after my mate came over he yells out it's done , I said what loose wire ? he said yep and then we got talking about something else. Problem solvered ... 😀

p.s. let me tell ya I am one happy dub owner 😉

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