Re: [T3] Wont idle.....still

["Donald w Croxton" <DcHw65@comcast.net>]

russ wolfe    email me  dchw65@comcast.net  about  the plate over
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org>
To: "Type 3 List" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Wont idle.....still


> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 13:22, Jason Weigel wrote:
> > Ok my turn with the hair pulling problem. As some of you may remember I
> > recently took my early single port, side draft motor down to the long
block
> > and cleaned it all up real well.
> >
> > Well Ive since tried to get it started with it firing but not ideling.
Ive
> > taken the carb off and cleaned out the plugged idle passage ways. Put
the
> > carb back on with the same problem. So I put a known working carb on.
Same
> > problem. I rebuilt the fuel pump. Same problem.
> >
> > Problem is it starts and remains running if I feather the gas. As soon
as I
> > let off it dies. Re start, it shoots to life then dies if I dont feather
it.
> > It dosnt accelerate well eithor. I have to feather it to get it up to
high
> > RPM.
> >
> > Is my timming off, would it cause this? The trouble with this early
motor is
> > it has two marks on the fan. What are they? 0,7.5 or 10?? It also has NO
> > mark 180 deg out for 2 and 4 setting. So I could be setting it wrong.
> >
> > Any input?
> >
> This sounds more like a vacuum leak. or a problem with the idle circuit
> in the carb. Since it does it with 2 different carbs, I would look for a
> vacuum leak. Especially since you had the intake manifold off.
>
> -- 
> Russ Wolfe
> '71 FB AT
> '66 FB MT
> '64 T34 (not running)
> '65 T1 (not running)
> russw@classicvw.org
> http://www.classicvw.org
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