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PutsOut
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 Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: Help Me - car stalls out |
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my cars starts to stall out every time i accelerate out of a dead stop and its not the clutch clutch cable or me being a newb on drive a bug becuase it just started happening yesterday.
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GreaseC
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| what kinda carb dizzy setup you have, if its 009 dizzy and 34pict3 carb bad combo man... might also want to take carb out and clean bowl and jet... |
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PutsOut
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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i have a 30 pict 1 carb and its just the stock dizzy
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GreaseC
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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what year bug is it?
what engine size?
as in stock dizzy your talking about the one with vaccume advance?
make sure its not a 009 POS |
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PutsOut
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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not the vacuum advance one its a 70 sp 1600
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GreaseC
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| oic, well I would suggest taking a look at your carb maybe buying a rebuild kit, or cleaning it especially the bowl and jet... |
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gurneydemon
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| so i have a 72' super beetle and the weird thing is that it stalls out just out of the blue. i already the valves adjusted, changed fuel filter, put new fuel lines, my mechanic says that the carb is in okay shape...i have no idea what it could be??? anyone have any opinions??? i would appreciate them greatly... |
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Randy in Maine
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| gurneydemon wrote: |
| so i have a 72' super beetle and the weird thing is that it stalls out just out of the blue. i already the valves adjusted, changed fuel filter, put new fuel lines, my mechanic says that the carb is in okay shape...i have no idea what it could be??? anyone have any opinions??? i would appreciate them greatly... |
Is this a 34PICT3 carb? You may want to go over here and read this. I like a clogged idle jet or an acellerator pump adjustment....
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56411 |
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PutsOut
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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my idle cam doesn't move at all its always in the open position
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| my idle cam doesn't move at all its always in the open position |
Do you have the 12V wire hooked up to the choke element? |
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PutsOut
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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i believe so. all the correct wires are all in the correct place
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