Somethin's wrong with that air cleaner, I'd try a different one...if anything the engine should run BETTER with the aircleaner on than with it off. If you go with an aftermarket unit, get one that stands up a few inches above the carburetor (add an extension pipe between them if necessary) to contain the fuel standoff fog that exists over the carb on a running VW motor.
--- asad ishaque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Volks, > > Ive noticed something funny (or maybe/most probably > Im terribly wrong somewhere??) > When ever I filled my stock air filter with oil > upto the mark designated (the 'rim' inside the > filter) the engine choked up ie it felt like airflow > was restricted to the point where it refused to run > properly. If I lowered the oil level it ran fine. > The oil level is low to the point where Im pretty > sure it does not soak up the mesh inside the top > part like it should to trap dirt particles. I do > notice dirt caked on the sides and all but mostly > the oil remains clean. > > The air filter has a good amount of the mesh left > inside. I have a couple of others lyin around too > but I think I have the best one on the engine. > > The engine is nothing fancy, just a stock 40 Hp > 1961 unit. No performer by any standards but I was > thinking the open element airfilter I saw would help > it breathe easy plus provide better filtration under > my circumstances. > > Thoughts welcome. Also please suggest what I > should do to the stock filter in order to make it > run like it should. > > Asad > Karachi, Pakistan. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 > 19:33:28 -0600> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] air cleaners > and oil filters> > There is not a better air cleaner > than an oil bath air cleaner. The only > reasons you > should change is if you do a lot of off-roading and > slop oil > into your carburetor or need more flow > for a hi-performance engine. It's a > property of > physics that when air takes a 90 degree turn, the > particles > suspended in it fall out. If you trace > the path of the air in an oil bath > air cleaner, > you will see it makes at least 2 turns.> > Erin > > > _______________________________________________> > vintagvw site list> [email protected]> > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
