First time posting.. I have a 69 beetle that sat for 17 years in a garage. I replaced the carb that was gummed up bad, replaced the fuel tank(filled with thinner) LOL and it fired right up. I replaced fuel filters every few hours of run time till no more filter discoloration was happening. I am having problems with acceleration though. First it starts hard in the mornings. Good solid cranking for about 10 to 15 seconds then a sputter or two before it fires. Runs fine with the exception that I cant stomp on the gas. Its sputters and almost stalls. I just slowly depress the gas peddle to get the revs up before letting out on the clutch and I run the revs high before shifting into the next gear. I avoid stepping on the gas hard through the gears. Once up to speed,
40-50 I can just floor it and she steadily climbs in speed without sputtering. The only thing I can think of is that the gas line through the tunnel might be clogged. But would I still be able to cruise at 65 if that line was clogged? Oh on the hard to start part..... once I get to work it fires right up again. I can let it sit for an hour or more and it still fires up fine. Thanks for any help in adavance. Doug- posted
20 years ago