[T2] Carburetor leak

[Daniel Martinelli]

Jim

you are right, that was exactly what I was doing: pumping the throttle. The
reason why: since a couple of  days my engine dies when on idle, if the
engine is cold, runs fine once the engine warms up. My first thought was
that it could be the starter flap, but the choke seems to work as it heats
up. Sooo I guess my next step will be take the thing apart, clean it and
see if this helps.

thanks also to John and Robert for their thoughts


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Daniel Martinelli <pacific.oyster at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear All
>
> My carburetor (34 pict 3) leaks from the bushes (that's the fittings that
> seal the trottle spindle :)
>
>
> So. I will try to fix this with new bushes
> e.g.:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/VW-BEETLE-CAMPER-SOLEX-31-34-PICT-3-CARB-REPAIR-BUSHES-AIR-COOLED-/370597327209
>
> But, having no experience with that work and just in case I mess up, I
> also googled for a new carburetor. Since you can't buy any new old stock
> solex I was looking for alternatives. All in all in about every post I
> read, there is one that swears that any brand other than the original solex
> suck, won't even work. Of course all the reseller swear, that the ones they
> sell are better than the original and just in case it won't work you did
> probably something wrong. Hmm....
>
> So does anyone of you have real world experience with brands like empi,
> euromax or brosal? OR with refurbing the bushes? Any favorites?
>
> Thank you for your thoughts
>
> Daniel
>



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