TYPE3 MISFIRE

Post by **Editor** » 11th March 2008 - 12:35am

Picking up dirt from somewhere?
Is your overflow/filler vent hose letting muck in? They crack and let muck in from the road.

DAB72 · Post by **DAB72** » 11th March 2008 - 9:11pm

sorry to hear Ian thought the rebushing of carbs would of had it sorted, seems you have replaced/checked everything else sorry to say this has got me stumped-

SQUARY SPICE · Post by **SQUARY SPICE** » 13th March 2008 - 8:17pm

hi dave...going to try hotrod freaks spare carbs tomo...fingers crossed

furnessvw · Post by **furnessvw** » 14th March 2008 - 5:34pm

Hi Squarey!

A couple of weeks ago, I had very similar symptoms. Black exhaust. Struggling to idle, but ok at speed. Also difficult to restart after a couple of minutes of being shut down.

I had a nosey down the carbs and saw fuel dripping in. I checked the fuel pressure and it was about 6psi - should be about half that. I tried adding extra gaskets as per the manual to reduce the pressure. I added 3 or 4 and had only slightly reduced fuel pressure. So I popped another pump on. All fine now

With your very high CO, black exhaust etc - this might be worth checking? I think you've changed just about everything else anyway!

Good luck with it!

SQUARY SPICE · Post by **SQUARY SPICE** » 14th March 2008 - 10:57pm

cheers bud will give it a try,i ve a spare fuel pump tp try,plus ive borrowed yet more solexs to try....cheers hotrodfreak,if i make it there ,the coffees on me

Battle · Post by **Battle** » 18th March 2008 - 2:47pm

Think i may have caught it from you on sunday!

Drove to work yesterday, went to go home and couldnt beleive it
struggling to idle, black exhaust, but ok at speed!

got home and had a look around nothin i could see apart from the
1/4 tank of fuel gone, got it booked in at M.A.C. tomorrow!

Fingers Crossed!

Battle · Post by **Battle** » 19th March 2008 - 11:11am

Fixed!

Stuck float and two fouled plugs!

Sorry for the thread hijack, hope you get yours fixed soon mate!