Re: [T3] Crabby Carbs

[B Fye <bfye@canyonville.net>]

SP heads?  Have you checked to see if a manifold is no longer seated?

Brian Fye

> On Sep 24, 2013, at 5:30 PM, "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Bone stock 1500 with sp heads.
> I drove it to work today, 9mi, and it slowly got a lot better.  Now its
> missing occationally but the acceleration is normal, no longer falling on
> its face when you put the pedal down.
> 
> I think the plugs may have gotten fouled... when I was restoring this car
> with the stock jets It would start running crappy rather quickly if all I
> did was move it around, unlike the FI 71 which just didn't care.  I put the
> 2X Richer jets in and It ran poorer than the 1X, then I drove the car down
> to the neighbor kids house several times without warming it up and that's
> really when things went downhill.
> 
> What I don't understand though is how it can run so nicely at light throttle
> and have a perfect idle if the plugs are fouled and only have problems if Im
> stepping on it a bit... and it would start perfectly too, I always remember
> fouled plugs making an engine hard or impossible to start.
> 
> Its still not running perfectly, Im going to try putting in a new set of
> Russian Bosches I have, see if that ends the missing or I may have to tweak
> the air jets a bit.
> 
> On a brighter note, I drove the 71 to Pennsylvania and back with the richer
> mixture and the gas mileage wasn't any worse, it ran GREAT, hardly used any
> oil and the marginal gas mileage (25.5 on the highway) may be due to the
> fact that I was fully packed and VERY heavy both going and coming.  On the
> VIrgina trip Ill be much lighter, Ill have to see what it gets then.
> 
> 136Kmi!!!
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch@nycap.rr.com 
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:07 PM
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Crabby Carbs
> 
>> On 23 Sep 2013 at 20:49, Keith Park wrote:
>> 
>> Im really not sure if its too rich or too lean, its great at idle and
> under
>> light throttle, only if I step on it it starts to miss or falls flat, all
> of
>> this below 4000RPM,  this is very similar to what happened when I had the
>> stock idle jets in it, then jetting up cured that but now with those jets
> in
>> it its problem is back, Im wondering if I fouled the plugs a bit with the
> 2
>> sizes up jets?  It idles and runs under light throttle so perfectly
> though.
> 
> Is this still single port heads or have you upgraded to dual ports? 
> If it's single ports, might that make it easier to be too rich? Or 
> does that not have any bearing on the mixture?
> 
> -- 
> *******************************
> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> *******************************
> 
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.
_______________________________________________
VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org
http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.