What's the stupidest thing a "VW expert" has said

[vwdmc16]

just about everone thats done a moderately hard job on a vw says they are an expert but this includes real experts which are old vw mechanics

my local AC vw mechanic who is a great guy so don't get me wrong, was talking to me about the proper way to adjust the electric choke on my '72 ghia and as i mentioned how poor my car runs for the first five minutes in the morning he butts in and says that can't be fixed "all air cooled volks ran like crap for the first five to ten minutes, thats how they are."
"you mean only when its like less than 40 degrees"
"no they always have done that"
"riiiiiight...?"
if that is so than how the hell did VW sellover 30,000,000+ AC VWs over the past 60 years?

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[bugnut68]

I think the dumbest thing I've ever heard from not necessarily a VW expert but just "expert" in general is "You should put a Porsche engine in there."

[67jason]

here let me put this .99 fuel filter right next to your dizzy and coil.

['64cal lookdub]

I like the "I had a '58 split window".

[lonslo]

"All VW's sucks! ", I use to work for a VW Restoration shop and he would say that all of the time.

[RedRail1]

[Rometsch2880]

I had an "expert" tell me that the reason Ghia parts cost so much is that it's a Porsche with a VW emblem. Had another one tell me that early Beetles with the glassover headlights are type one Beetles and Beetles with upright headlights are type two. And I'm always getting the "put a Porsche motor in there" comment. Oh, and I can't forget the person who owned a '68 Super Beetle.

[79SuperVert]

I asked my VW mechanic why he took the thermostat out of my 79 Beetle without my permission.

"Oh," he says, "nobody drives a nice car like yours in the winter any more, so we just take those out when we drop the engine."

[VWNewbie83]

I had one guy tell me that John Muir dosent know what he is talking about in his books, same guy also tried to tell me that super beetls came with a stock 250hp engine ...
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[79SuperVert]

I'd like to see the old-style fuel pumps come back into production; they had a fuel screen built-in that you could clean. That would put an end to the eternal where-do-you-put-the-$.99 fuel filter debate.

[RedRail1]

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[Tram]

The official factory mounting place for those "99c." inline filters is under the car in the flexible line in front of the engine, if anybody cares. What 'debate'?
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[79SuperVert]

Factory? What factory? I thought the fuel pump for carb engines had a built-in screen, and then when they went to FI the filter went up front under the tank. VW never used the 99 cent filters.

I just don't buy the whole it's-dangerous-to-put-a-plastic-filter-in-the-engine-compartment argument. As long as the fuel line doesn't pull the nipple out of the carb, there's no fire hazard due to having the filter on the line. And if there is a fire in the engine compartment, filter or not, those rubber fuel lines are going to melt anyway.

Now if you're talking about a good metal in-line filter then I agree with you that I would put it under the car, but firmly mounted to something solid and not just hanging off the fuel line. I just got tired of trying to evaluate all the pros and cons and decided to leave the plastic filter in the engine compartment and tie down the nipple on the carb with wire.

[Tram]

[79SuperVert]

Wow. That's interesting. So you're saying that VW recommended installing an in-line fuel filter under the car? That would be an interesting bulletin to read.

I just wish I could find a source for the original style fuel pump. The Brazilian ones aren't serviceable.

[Tram]

[79SuperVert]

Thanks for the info.