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 Bob down
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| posted on April 18th, 2012 at 05:47 AM |
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fuel leak from carb
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
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| posted on April 18th, 2012 at 08:49 AM |
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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  
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| posted on April 18th, 2012 at 10:28 AM |
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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.
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| posted on April 18th, 2012 at 06:15 PM |
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ive ordered a complete new carb, im not prepared to take any risks when it comes to fuel and spark.
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| posted on April 21st, 2012 at 01:03 PM |
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new carb fitted, no more fuel leaks, guess i ll have to tune carb and set timing now, happy days
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| posted on April 21st, 2012 at 06:32 PM |
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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 
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| posted on April 23rd, 2012 at 06:14 AM |
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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
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| posted on April 23rd, 2012 at 09:37 AM |
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Try here for good info: http://www.vw-resource.com/tune-up.html
Regards,
Matt.
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| posted on April 23rd, 2012 at 09:54 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Bob down
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
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Buy a Haynes manual or get a Bentley. Bentley is the best but Haynes is pretty good and both are lightyears better than Gregory manuals. I've wasted
soo much money on Gregories and there detailed how to's pale in comparison to the Haynes manuals. Just my experience
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| posted on April 24th, 2012 at 07:46 AM |
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thx for the heads up psimitar, thats very handy to know, nothing more frustrating than a crappy manual/instructions
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