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I take it you mean it stops on its own, rather than stalls when you try to take-off? Could be fuel-pump problems; a lazy return spring in the base, pump valves not closing properly, so doesn't work well enough to top up the float chamber. Sometimes air-leaks at the throttle valve pivots weaken the mixture at idle. Try richening the mixture screws a fraction. They are the black knobs on the side; undoing richens the mixture. Note what you've done, in case it runs worse! Arizona = hot + high ? (or not hot at this time of year?). Can it be vapour-lock? Are the idle cut-off jet assembly connections good? Are your balance pipes well-connected between the two carbs? Dave. UK VW Type 3&4 Club www.hallvw.clara.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org> Date: 31 December 1998 02:50 Subject: [T3] Dying at idle >Dual-carb folks: I'm running 32PDSITs, and they're doing really well >except for one odd thing. When the motor is warm-to-hot, sometimes it >will die when idling at a light, for instance, or will be very sluggish >on takeoff. It feels like fuel starvation, as if sitting there idling >the fuel is evaporating from the carbs. In this situation I often have >to pump the accelerator to get up enough rpm to launch. > >I run the stock oil bath air cleaner, and the intake air seals are all >good. > >I'm wondering whether I've got the wrong mixture adjustment. How do you >go about setting the mixture? > >Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ >'66 343 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe