Check your timing, might have slipped; check your float for a hole, or that it's not sticking on it's pivot. Courtney
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones who mind, don't matter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "asad ishaque" <[email protected]> To: "vw mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Troubles with the bug... > > Mike, > Thanks for your thoughts. > I think a blockage somewhere in the fuel line is the top possibility > as you say. But how can I explain the poor gas mileage I have been getting > lately???? Can a blockage at any point explain that?? Just tryin to wrack > my brains on that...... > I shone a torch under the bug to see the filter near the trans after > dark. It *seemed* clean, though Id be sure when I jack up the car, pull > the left rear wheel adn get a good closeup look and maybe dismantle the > line to check the flow. I plan to do that tomorrow hopefully, have been > tied up with work. > The filter is well clear of the trans or other hot areas and so far > over all these years I have never had any trouble. But my running the tank > dry may have triggered a chocked filter/line. > Best regards, > Asad. > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:27:09 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Troubles with the bug... >> >> Asad, >> >> I'm gonna guess, it's possibly a clogged fuel inlet screen (in tank), >> clogged fuel line, clogged fuel filter (by trans) or clogged fuel screen >> (inside fuel pump). >> Check and clean all of these locations, it seems to be fuel-related. >> I wouldn't advise ever installing any fuel filter in the gravity-feed >> fuel line (anywhere in the tank-to-pump lines); only on a pressurized >> fuel line (pump-to-carb line). If you do, it MUST be cleaned frequently >> or you will starve your pump, or experience vapor-lock when it gets hot >> (exhaust, trans, etc.). The gravity flow fuel feed line has very low >> volume/ pressure, and is easily reduced to nearly no flow by such a >> restriction in-line as a slightly dirty filter. >> >> YMMV, >> >> Mike B. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: asad ishaque >> To: vw list >> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:27 AM >> Subject: [vintagvw] Troubles with the bug... >> >> >> >> Volks, >> Thanks for the replies to my previous alternator conversion >> question. >> Had planned for the swap this weekend but something came up. My >> previously 100% reliable 68 daily driver has started to give trouble! >> Last week I ran out of gas after noticing I was getting bad gas >> mileage. Well, Pushed my luck and ran out just a few meters shy of the >> gas station. Filled her up and she ran well. >> Now this week, I am driving along a main road when I notice >> intermittent power loss. First I think its my imagination or lack of >> sleep. But then I enter an underground pass and the bugs really >> sputtering. Dies before the exit ramp. I start it after some attempts and >> just about make it up and park at the side of the road. I suspect crap in >> the carb so try to clean it a bit with carb cleaner and all. Starts up >> after some efforts and Im off again. Sputters a bit then dies again along >> another main road. Comes back to life after a bit and then dies again. I >> make it to a roadside shop adn proceed to dismantle the carb adn clean it >> up. I find no crap inside the float bowl though. A good cleanup later its >> back in the car. Runs good. >> I proceed home but then again along a main road the bug dies. Now I >> suspect the spark. I pull out the dizzy and replace the condensor with a >> brand new one. Good I had one in the car. Did not replace the point to >> save time. Just sanded it a bit to clean up a small visible pit. Reset >> the timing with a static light, this time a bit more advanced as it was >> retarted a bit earlier. Start her up and she runs beautifully. The sound >> had changed! I was a happy man! >> But today, while on the way back from work, the performance is >> repeated! Aaarghh! >> Now what could be possibly wrong with the car???? >> I am thinking of a chocked fuel filter. I run it in front of the >> engine ie where the gearbox is. Maybe it is not delievering enough fuel >> at high speeds??? Almost always the trouble was on long straight roads >> where one is in speed. Need to take a look at it. >> What else could be wrong???? >> Bad coil (runnign a nice Bosch from Brazil)?? but would it not be >> continous rather than intermittent?? >> Bad slow jet??? Running an electric one in the Brazilian carb. Could >> this behave this way???? >> Any other ideas??? >> TIA for all your thoughts. >> AsadKarachi,Pakistan. >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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