[T3] Crabby carbs

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Wed Aug 10 23:18:22 PDT 2011


Keith, do me a favor and swap the carbs with the Notchback's and see if the
problem moves

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Ive never used stabilizer in anything, I just get the tanks full and that's
> it for the rest of the winter, always start up fine in the spring.  The
> Notch has essentially the same carbs (with the idle cutoffs) and that has
> never done this...  I suppose its possible but they look clean when I pull
> the tops off.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch at 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-----
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of mark
> witwicki
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:17 PM
> To: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Crabby carbs
>
> Are you using fuel stabilizer in the tank?
> the new fuel mixtures with 10% + ethanol have been known to go bad in as
> little as 2 weeks, could be that your fuel is sitting in the carbs long
> enough to evaporate and leave enough of a sludge blocking your idle
> circuit.
>
> I know our beetles can sit 4-5 months in the winter and fire up come
> springtime with no effort but we always use the stabilizer.
> Mark
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Brian Fye
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