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posted on September 20th, 2003 at 10:42 PM
Intake Manifold
Hello All
I'm fairly new to the beast that is the Aircooled VW Engine and have not had reason to look any deeper into it... Until Now.
Having our beetle (64, or 65, 1200, 28 Pict) sitting dormant for a season, the time (and weather) is right to start it again, however It doesnt
seem to run on Idle, the engine will run at WOT only. Experience on other cars suggested an air leak, closer inspection revealed the likley cause
as a blown carby gasket. Upon removing the carby there was a 1/2 inch or so block sitting between the carby and the manifold that was broken.
Looking through the muir book, there is no mention of this and the local (Adel.) VW shop said that it should just be; carby -> gasket ->
manifold. I havent been able to find anyone who stocks, or even knows what this block is/is for and any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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- Adam
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posted on September 21st, 2003 at 10:39 AM
The block is there to raise the hieght of the carbie. Probably to make sure that there is clearance between the generator and the choke heating
element.
If your car has been converted to 12 volts, the generator is larger and the block may have been added to get the proper clearance.
It will run with or without it as long as the gaskets are good and sealing.
If your car has been sitting for 12 months then I would suspect that one of the jets is blocked with fuel residue. Pay to clean the carb out replace
the fuel in the tank with new stuff and replace the fuel filter.
