Hello :) - Here is a recording of my 1600cc DP engine in my 1971 Super Beetle Autostick.
71 SB Autostick Anyone Know This Sound
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That's a VW?
sounds to me like a cylinder is misfiring?
you start, it sounds fine. Rev tiny bit, sounds good. Start to rev more and it rattles a bit...
Sounds like you are having to pump the accelerator to keep it running. This means you're getting gas from the accelerator pump in the carb, but perhaps not from the other circuits in the carb..
You say it won't idle..
Do you have power to your cutoff solenoid? I had the same exact problem, I could drive my bus but it wouldn't idle and it sounded similar. The wire had fallen off the idle cutoff solenoid.
Sounds excellent except for starving for fuel.
When you step on accelerator, and hold 1/2 way, will it keep running?
Hello - I just went out their and checked some things. I disconected the idle jet just to see. It wouldn't stay running without constanst hitting the gas. Plugged it back in, worked better. If I slightly tap the gas it will stay running. If I screw that thing on the arm in it will stay running at high rpms. It just wont idle at normal rpms.
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