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 Kafer Lover
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| posted on December 19th, 2005 at 12:45 PM |
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Sudden loss of power
This morning I was driving along at about 70km/h and there was a sudden loss of power, no response from the accelerator.
After it slowed down a bit I put it in 2nd and regained full power, and no problem shifting up again.
Any thoughts what this could be and could it be related to a couple of times recently the car not starting straight away - alot more cranking than
usual before it fires up.
This is a 1600tp beetle, 1500 box, twin 36 idfs.
Any ideas?
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| posted on December 19th, 2005 at 12:57 PM |
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crap in your fuel lines, change the fuel filtre it could be gummed up.
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| posted on December 19th, 2005 at 01:13 PM |
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Yep, sounds like fuel to me too. It would be worth your while in taking the tops off both carbs too, just in case something got thru and is now
risking blocking the main jets.
The disadvantage of your current setup is that if one main jet on one carb blocks partially, those two cylinders fed by that carb will run lean. The
other side of the engine will still run ok. You might be tempted to continue driving which could result in a melt down of 2 cylinders if your trying
to do 70 mph.
Also consider running two inline filters. One in the engine bay before the carb fuel line t piece, and the other under the tank before the chassis
pipe. Cheap ryco inline filters are fine.
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| posted on December 19th, 2005 at 01:17 PM |
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just an easy tip- buy the totally clear ones instead of the white version- easier to tell when they need replacing.
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05 ) - '65 manx (smick)
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| posted on December 19th, 2005 at 11:29 PM |
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cheers guys, I will look into that.
That sounds relatively painless, I had all sorts of visions of something worse.
Hope you are all correct.:thumb
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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 11:19 PM |
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Hmm.
Not a fuel blockage. The electronic ignition died.
Back to points for me.
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| posted on December 21st, 2005 at 04:14 PM |
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I just had the same thing happen to me on Monday and it was the points closing up. Seems it is not just electronic ignitions.
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| posted on December 21st, 2005 at 10:36 PM |
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Points are easier to fix (less expensive) though.
And the RACV would have been able to do it on the spot, instead of getting towed.
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