Spyda's Mk1

[Spyda]

New carbie
New manifold
New gaskets
Re-did the timing
Cleaned the spark plugs


.........................and it still wont idle properly.

[GRN_VAGN]

I had same problem,
replaced leads, plugs, points, cap, Coil, Carby, gaskets.
Did timing, mixture, replaced vacuum hoses ect. And it STILL wouldnt idle right.

I just put up with it

Are you sure you havnt got timing belt one notch off? i did that and it idled bad

[Spyda]

I had same problem,
replaced leads, plugs, points, cap, Coil, Carby, gaskets.
Did timing, mixture, replaced vacuum hoses ect. And it STILL wouldnt idle right.

I just put up with it

Are you sure you havnt got timing belt one notch off? i did that and it idled bad

I supose i could just put up with it, it does sound kindo agressive, although i do want to do it properly.

Ive done the timing starting with the belt, so it shouldnt be off.

[GRN_VAGN]

Have you got any other parts to swap out and do a trial and error?
I had a stuffed Distributer that caused all sorts of hassles!!

My idle was 1000rpm average, but would bounce from 700 to 1200 all the time,

[Spyda]

I found the problem today by spraying carbie cleaner around the base of the carbie. Its got a vacume leak on both sides of the carbie.
I went out and got some thicker gasket paper, 80thou this time, cut it up, slapped it on and it was fine for about 20sec untill it started leaking again. I tried to tighten it down even though your not supposed to but that didn't help.

I would really like to get my hands on a nice new gasket that was made for the Passat manifold, does anyone know if they are still available?

Tomorrow i am going to try seal it up with silicon gasket maker and see how far i get.

On the up side, i got the tie rod end undone thanks to my neighbor Tony and adjusted the toe so that the wheels are straight

[Jace]

Make your own rubber gasket maybe? Mine works just fine.

[Spyda]

Make your own rubber gasket maybe? Mine works just fine.

Where did you get the rubber gasket stuff from? I only ever go to autobarn so i have no idea but i think it would be ideal over the paper stuff.

[Jace]

Where did you get the rubber gasket stuff from? I only ever go to autobarn so i have no idea but i think it would be ideal over the paper stuff.

Just like 1.5mm neoprene rubber from Clark Rubber. Not like it's a vital gasket like a head gasket. Just needs to be air and fuel tight, right?

[Spyda]

Just like 1.5mm neoprene rubber from Clark Rubber. Not like it's a vital gasket like a head gasket. Just needs to be air and fuel tight, right?

Thats my guess, ill give it a shot if the sylicon doesnt work.

[Golf Loon]

Carefull you dont suck silicone into the carby mate, that will stuff it right up.
If the carby is a webber it is proablly a generic webber gasket. Draw a template of what you want and take it to a proper old school car shop. You will probably find that its the same as the gasket on an old escort, or holden, or something with a webber and thats what you need to order. Sounds like you are getting close mate, keep at it.

[GRN_VAGN]

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They will work mate, and cheap buy a couple for spares

[Spyda]

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They will work mate, and cheap buy a couple for spares

haha sweeet, thanks man, ill buy a few!

[Spyda]

****ed up prity hard today.

I went and got some gasket maker and while taking the carbie off a nut or washer fell in to the manifold. I didn't notice until i put everything back together and started the car. It made its way past the valves and in to the block smashing the spark plug in cylinder 1.

One step forward and two large steps back. Stupid cars.

[Jarred]

BUGGER!

any other damage?

I did that once. Ended up with a valve sideways in a piston.

[Jace]

****! How far do the valves open? Might be okay? Maybe? Mmmmaybeee?