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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 5:58 pm    Post subject: Engine dies when accelerator is pushed Reply with quote

72 beetle with new redline carb started dieing Everytime I try to take off. If I ease down slowly and let the engine rev, I can take off. I pulled the air cleaner and looked down the throat of the carb while pulling the accelerator lever and there was no gas spraying down the carb from the accelerator pump. Any thoughts? It ran great the first trip after the new carb was installed.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Engine dies when accelerator is pushed Reply with quote

Clogged jets.
Take it apart and clean them out.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Engine dies when accelerator is pushed Reply with quote

What carb? Sounds like your accel pump circuit is clogged. If a brand new carb, I always pull the top off and clean it out before installing.
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