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 killakornkobb
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where's that clutch?
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 08:13 PM |
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multiple backfireing!!!
im getting a lot of back fireing, scares the shit outta me.. first time i thought i blew a tyre or somthing
they started yesterday, and previous to that (saturday) i was getting a thump/thud/knocking kind of sound from the rear of the car.
the car had been sitting since 21st of jan and only started on friday the 28th after that when my dad checked the battery (i was away for the week)
before i left there were no problems at all
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 08:14 PM |
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what fuel are you using? |
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killakornkobb
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where's that clutch?
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 08:16 PM |
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premium unleaded.. with flash lube if i feel like it
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pete wood
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 08:29 PM |
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Is it back-firing (that is through the carb/air-cleaner) or is it firing unburnt fuel?
If it's the first then the timing is probably the issue. If it's the second, check a few things, are all the plugs firing?, is it running real rich
with an exhaust leak?, is the aircleaner clogged?
The last one happened to me once on the way back from a khanacross. The motor was so choked it would die every 15 minutes or so doing 60Kmh. Until we
figured out what it was, it was shooting 2 foot flames out the exhaust on trailing throttle. My very proper english wife was following me one night
and told me later "your car farts flames!". She thought it was cool, women, you never can tell.
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killakornkobb
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where's that clutch?
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 08:35 PM |
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air cleaner sounds the problem!!
fuel filter is full of shit aswell..
i have a K&N filter that keeps falling off.. it is attatched now (more securely but it is useing a saw blade as a collar because the neck wasnt
tall/long enough
when it was falling off, when i went to re-attatch is, it was kind of scratching the metal from the top of the carb up and that could have gotten
in..
i dont know anything about anything mechanical, so im too scared to pull anything off/out
will it cost me an arm and a leg to get it looked at by Volkspower, or similar?
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 10:05 PM |
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Nah, about $100 bucks for your average decent tune up on VWs I think, least that's about what I paid.
Mechanical stuff is not that hard too, do you have any petrol head mates? ask them. Or, buy the idiot book and read it carefully before you do
anything.
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 10:30 PM |
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Exact same thing is happining to me, only while the car warms up. Just had the solex carbies repaced with bigger empi ones. Dont know if I should take
it back to the guy that put them in, or what. Seems to run great when it has warmed up.
Any suggestions?
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| posted on January 31st, 2005 at 11:41 PM |
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first thing id check is your points. make sure they are set to .016. replace your fuel filter. get your air cleaner on properly and make sure u have
the carbie tuned to the higher flow of your K + N aircleaner. then if its still backfiring. try advanceing the timing the slightest bit (im talking
like half a mm at a time) and taking it for drives. as usually if everything else is fine backfiring means your timing needs to be advanced a
smidgeon.
above all else. buy a manual.
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| posted on February 1st, 2005 at 07:40 AM |
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any holes in the exhaust???
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| posted on February 1st, 2005 at 08:58 AM |
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Yeah Barry read my mind. Make sure your exhaust is tightened up. An air leak will cause a backfire.
Squiz....
[Edited on 31-1-2005 by squizy]
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| posted on February 1st, 2005 at 09:34 AM |
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If it is backfiring through the carb it could be a combination of timing plus a leak in the carb to distributor vacume line causing a lean condition.
If it gets hot a lot quicker than before I would check this out.
Brendan
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| posted on February 1st, 2005 at 11:26 AM |
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And get your air filter fixed up properly quick smart.
Dirt getting into your engine is a bloody good way to kill it.
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| posted on February 1st, 2005 at 11:29 AM |
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leak in the exhaust. used to get worried i had been flashed by a camera when all it was, was flames out the exhuast
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
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