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 asphodel
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| posted on August 24th, 2011 at 11:38 AM |
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Idling Problems
So after buying my '74 beetle at the beginning of the year, he's almost ready to be registered.
I drove him back from the mechanics after getting his RW, and stalled him at the petrol station (had just got my license the day before, in my
defence!). After that he would conk out whenever he was at idle. A very stressful drive home!
His 'idle wire' was loose previously when this was happening, but we fixed the connection about a week ago. Though the whole wire looks a little
old. I think perhaps the stall bumped his wire loose again. We have altered his idle to a slightly higher rev-range a few months back as well.
What could be causing him not to idle? Should I just replace the idle wire?
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| posted on August 24th, 2011 at 12:50 PM |
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HOW did you alter the idle??
if you adjusted the screw on the cam - then this is wrong
You need to adjust the mixture and by pass screws on the side
Please read here
http://www.vw-resource.com/tune-up.html#idle
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asphodel
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| posted on August 24th, 2011 at 02:20 PM |
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ok, I'll let my boyfriend know that adjusting the screw was a bad idea. Thanks for the link.
Does this explain the stalling?
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Bizarre
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| posted on August 24th, 2011 at 05:43 PM |
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It "could"
You need to do a tune up to get a base line to work on.
Set the valves, timing and then set the carb
There are lots of reasons it could be stalling
2 most common I would say are poor state of tune and air leaks
Tell us how you go after the tune up 
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| posted on September 1st, 2011 at 06:09 PM |
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got my old man to the mechanic (Tony at Volksworld in Moorabbin, Vic), and $560 later, he's running a lot smoother. Seems like he just needed a tune
- not surprising since its the first proper one he's had in at least 4 years...
thanks for the help and the advice
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| posted on September 1st, 2011 at 08:41 PM |
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Glad things are better
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