Beetle Hesitating

mickmick · 2009-04-17T02:07:02+00:00

Driving my beetle today and all was fine then i accelerated hard from the lights, for the remaining few minutes of the drive the engine was hesitiating alot when trying to accelarate again and also backfiring heaps. Not knowing much is there something stuck in the fueling or anything like that and can someone tell me what to do in the most basic way? Thanks

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 20 Apr 2009, 6:57 pm

#708042

so possibly a loose or wrong fitting Ignition lead ???

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 20 Apr 2009, 7:16 pm

#708049

jason the 1/4" efi fuel line works well in vws

that genuine vw stuff was fine 20 years ago but by todays standards it sux
very thin single wall with no reinforcing which kinks easy and cloth braiding covers any problems

new EFI hose is alot thicker, double walled and reinforeced

i spent half an hour under the decklid of a mates bug on the side of the pacific hiway coming home from winterbreak a few years ago
the original fuel lines had perished badly but the braiding covered it up
well till it let go near coffs harbour....

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 20 Apr 2009, 10:34 pm

#708107

mickmick wrote:The fuel was Caltex 98 octane. Was good for 3/4 of a tank so i'm assuming it's not the fuel. By the way, where do you all get your fuel filters as i went to Supercheap and they didn't have anything for beetles. Does it matter which one you use? There was a ryco which looked like it would fit ok.

best to buy anything for Your beetle from a VW shop...
like mick Motors - Vintage vee dub - etc...

I buy all my stuff from VW shops and the closest is over
150kms from where i live...

cheers

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

mickmick Seriously Crusin Dubber

112 posts · joined Dec 2008 · 21 Apr 2009, 10:07 am

#708161

vw54 wrote:so possibly a loose or wrong fitting Ignition lead ???

Yes, that's what i'm putting it down to. I should have checked after each thing i did to see if it fixed the problem in hindsight. I'm just happy she goes normally now and it didn't cost me anything apart from a few hairs being pulled 😂

Now taking donations to help make a Beetle healthy again 😂

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Apr 2009, 10:28 am

#708163

next time yr over at Vintage get yr self a spare plastic fuel filter and stick it it front of car as a spare

Always check the plug leads and connections first

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409