Follow up from the overheating and tins?

[John Black]

Hi Guys

well i relocated the fuel filter and its lines. This seems to have stopped the fuel boiling syndrome. The current status is this. It starts and runs great but hot when  you turn the engine off and go for a restart the only way it will restart is to floor the throttle and keep cranking, it will then fire up and limp onto all four cylinders as if it were flooded. Upon looking in the carb throat when I switch it off you can see petrol dripping into the manifold from the carb. The carb is new as is the fuel pump,, distributer starter and battery all provided by the previous owner. So where do I go now guys? Any ideas?

John the Brit in Az

[Royal]

You might want to check the float in the carb bowl. Your float valve may be set too high or stuck open…or the float isn’t floating. New carb? New doesn’t mean good.
Mine doesn’t like you to touch the accelerator unless it’s running.
Electric fuel pump? Measure the pressure at the carb.

[Anonymous]

John: Fuel dripping into manifold after shut down is indication of idle cut off solenoid not working. A quick check is to turn on ignition engine Not running and pull black wire going to solenoid. There should be a click heard. If not check for voltage of 12 volts at connector. If there is 12 volts at connector and no click is heard solenoid is bad.

   You might check Samba VW site for info as well as VW parts suppliers as they have some technical info for troubleshooting problems.

  Keep working on it it will work out and be fun in the sun.

[John Black]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the input, I am on it today. I will post any results.  The biggest chore is of course starting the car from warm as the only way  you can do that is to floor the gas pedal and crank  it for a while until it fires. Then it will limp onto 4 cylinders. After  that its fine until you shut it off again.

Regards from the desert in Az

john

[John Black]

Hi Guys.

Well I carried out such check and you all advised and come to the conclusion that the idle fuel solenoid is the culprit. Add that to the list of things to do etc. Thanks to you all.

I am still thinking about moving the passenger footwell back (meaning towards the front of the car) a few inches. Has anyone done this and has a idea just how far you can move it, and what the issues are in doing so?

My other future project it the relocation in some way of the parking brake. I saw some detail of another members efforts that looked great. I just wonder if there is alternative ideas?

Regards John the Brit

[Anonymous]

John: My Fiber Fab has a glove box a previous owner put on the passengers side. It is good for some storage  but is a pain to get things in and out of it. It is about 20 or so inches deep. Located about 4 inches above the floor. If your gas tank is crosswise of the car and battery in front of the gas tank see no problem to move it at least as far as drivers side.  My battery is in the very front of my car over the front axle. There is a extra 10 gallon tank in front of the VW tank. Now to fix my seats for long range runs.

[Anonymous]

Questions About extra gas tank it is a custom made aluminum tank installed by previous owner in the past. Does take a lot of space in front of VW tank.

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