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On 1 Jan 2003 at 10:42, Daniel Baum wrote: > Both floats float. If you take the carb off, turn it upside down, and blow in the fuel inlet, the weight of the float should close off the float valve and prevent air from getting thru. This is a check of the float valve. If it leaks it will overfill and put too much gas in that side. > The manifold/carb gasket on the right hand side was quite wet. Probably a bad sign. > The fuel level in the left had carb was rather low when I opened it. The > float was resting on the bottom of the bowl. > > The left hand carb's accelerator pump doesn't work. This is not because of a > leaky diaphragm, though I changed it just in case. That's not the diaphram that I mentioned. See below. > And how can I test the fuel pump? It's a knock-off Brazilian jobbie, > BTW. Pull the pump off and see if there is gas in its lower half. That space should normally be dry, or filled with grease, not gas. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/