howdy all, picked up my new ride the other day( a 67 beetle) after driving it home, i let it sit for a little while and tried to start it again. it wouldnt start, so i opened the deck lid only to find fuel leaking from carb when i opened throttle. its leaking on the right side of carb as u look at it. any ideas? think i may have been lucky to get it home without a barbeque on my hands

Take it to a vw repairer and get it looked at and while its there give the rest of the car a once over, like you said vw BBQs ain't nice

If it is the right hand side as you look in it will most likely be the accelerator pump diaphragm,this will come in a carby kit.

ive ordered a complete new carb, im not prepared to take any risks when it comes to fuel and spark.

new carb fitted, no more fuel leaks, guess i ll have to tune carb and set timing now, happy days

did it have clearance against the generator? New carbs can fit but be tight against the gen on the accel pump housing.

Otherwise check the size jets in the old carb to the new ones and they should swap if needed.

Otherwise, do you have a book for setting the carb. t's fairly easy

new carb has less clearance than old carb, but still has clearance, i found someting on you tube bout tuning carbs, but a workshop manual may be my next asquuisition i think

Try here for good info: http://www.vw-resource.com/tune-up.html


Regards,

Matt.

thx for the heads up psimitar, thats very handy to know, nothing more frustrating than a crappy manual/instructions