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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 01:31 PM |
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Annoying Beetle Accelaration Problem
G'day
I have a small but annoying problem in my 72 beetle.
Everytime i accelerate it feels like it actually loses power and I have to take my foot off the pedal slighty to stop it happening?
Any ideas to solve this?
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punchbuggyracer
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 01:34 PM |
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maybe the accelerator pump is stuffed? (the diaphram in the carby)
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skintsaint
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 01:45 PM |
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Hey cheers for the quick reply!
I might try and adjust it.
Double checking it has something to do with this:
http://www.vw-resource.com/accelerator_pump.html
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 02:22 PM |
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if you have a vacuum advance distributor, lifting the foot off the throttle slightly gives more advance ignition & therefore cleaner accelaration,
so check your timing as well
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 03:09 PM |
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get a tune up
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 04:19 PM |
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Sounds the best idea, cheers for the help I will book it in for next week :tup:
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 04:45 PM |
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try for a 1 hotter range in the spark plugs as well it may help we use them here in Sunny Sydney and it help burn the fuel better theres too
much crap fuel about and they charge top dollar for it
Also the points may be closed up a bit it could be a number of things
unless yr there with the appropiate new parts then its a bit of a guessing game
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