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 vw54
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 06:57 PM |
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so possibly a loose or wrong fitting Ignition lead ???
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 07:16 PM |
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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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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 10:34 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by mickmick
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.
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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
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 10:07 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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so possibly a loose or wrong fitting Ignition lead ???
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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 
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 10:28 AM |
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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
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