You guys seem quick to fault the 009 dizzy for all of these bad
behaviors. It IS the cause of driveability and acceleration issues when
teamed up with a 34 PICT carb. But there's no way it can be causing all
of the issues Kirin's mentioned. Yes, they don't "play well", but it
appears that this one isn't playing at all. It can't all be the 009/
carb mismatch. It sounds like the carb is also possibly having some
major problems. I'd check for worn throttle shaft, inop or misadjusted
choke, clogged internal passages, malfunctioning/ misadjusted
accelerator pump, incorrect float level, intake vacuum leaks, ignition
system problems like bad sparkplug wires, loaded spark-plugs, wrong
gaps, intermittent coil malfunctions and plenty of other potential
malfunctions. A properly-running engine with a good 34 PICT carb and
good 009 dizzy will still start, idle and run well. It just has
acceleration issues and hesitations.
Check it all over for all the usual stuff, and get it running right,
before blaming all of this on the wrong dizzy.
Mike B.
On 12/21/2012 6:29 PM, Dave C. Bolen wrote:
Kirin,
Absolutely agree with Bill, 009's are crap for stockish
engines...mostly for lots of others as well.
It doesn't matter if the carb is stock or modified...better
performance and better gas mileage with an svda in 99% of the stuff I
have ever worked with(40 + years)...as long as you have the proper
vacuum port.
Have her spend the money, dump the 009 and be happy.
Even the newish chinese svda's are better than you might expect.
Cheers, dave
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, bill may wrote:
009 does not play well with a 34 pict-3 carb. You need a 034 distributor
that is single vacuum and mechanical commonly called a SVDA for single
vacuum dual advance.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Kirin Jacobsen
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [vintagvw] 1600DP running issues
Hey guys,
I have a friend who a few months ago purchased a very clean 70,000
mile 73
super beetle from an original owner a few months ago. The car had
just been
serviced bya local shop to pass our local emissions testing(Aircare
or as I
like to call it airscare!).
Soon after she purchased it it started suffering some running issues.
It has a replacement Empi 34 pict 3 I believe and what appears to be a
009 Distributor(What I remember from my last 1600dp. Mind you I haven't
played with one since about 2006...)
Anyways the issues that were going on it was stalling when it was
cold. It
would fire up fine and she would take off and as soon as she would
return to
idle it would stall. Which sounds like a total carb icing issue. To
address
that it got a new intake manifold and a new muffler. Which didn't fix
it.
Also it started developing a backfire through the carb on shut down. And
hard to start when warm..... also a intermittant misfire mid range in
the
revs. The disty cap is nearly new. Rotor looks okay.. Certainly not
new a
bit grungy but not totally burned ..
Its had plugs, wires.... etc. When I was looking at the aircare sheet
. The
hydrocarbons were high, and I'm certain its running rich. My gut
feeling on
this one is that the carb is way out of adjustment and that the
timing is
way out to lunch. I checked it for exhaust leaks and none were
apparent...
Any thoughts? Its been a long time since I played with this stuff....
And
well my next venture is with a stroker so thats bound to be
entertaining..
Cheers,
Kirin
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