Jack, Though I plan to drain the carb bowl today; you may be on to something about the icing. Last night when i had the car on the interstate it was in the 30's with pretty high humidity. When i got home and the car was fully warmed up it stalled when I pulled into the driveway.
Today about noon it's about 66F with about 40% RH. I started the car and the passenger heat riser tube was definitely getting hot as it warmed up but the driver's side less warm. I took the car on a drive and while at spped I depressed the clutch and put it in neutral. It didn't stall once! Does that sound like icing symptoms to you? Am I correct that the only way to clean those heat risers is to remove carb and manifold and RotoRooter them out with a piece of wire cable in a drill. As poor as it was running last night even fully warmed up and the fact that it's running better today makes me wonder about the icing problem. Is there anything other than clear heat riser tubes that should prevent carb icing? Thanks for this tip. I may wait till it turns cold again and see if the stalling returns. At least in alabama here; cold weather doesn't last long. Where does the temp have to be above to make carb icing a non-issue? thanks for the idea. Mike In Christ and Christ alone, MIKE MOREHOUSE "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." 2nd Corinthians 5:17 --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Jack Dinan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jack Dinan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Dies at Idle Problem Comes Again > To: [email protected], "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 6:35 AM > Mike: Don't overlook the possibility of icing caused by > strange weather conditions and a heat riser tube that is > clogged with carbon. > jack _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
