beetle bogging down when stepping on gas

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beetle bogging down when stepping on gas
Topic Started: Jul 9 2011, 12:18 PM (213 Views)
geffect	Jul 9 2011, 12:18 PM Post #1
Dubaholic Posts: 932 Group: Member Member #12 Joined: January 7, 2007	So I just got my beetle to fire yesterday. It idles well but when you try to step on the gas it bogs down and wants to die, but when you let off the gas again it idles smooth. Any ideas?



Spooled1.8t	Jul 10 2011, 08:54 PM Post #2
Casual Dubber Posts: 47 Group: Member Member #571 Joined: April 16, 2009 Location Lumby B.C. Ride(s) 2000 5dr Golf 1.8T	Air cooled? - could be ignition advance or you may need to clean and retune the carb. If its got H2O in it. I dunno. But i do have VAGCOM and could look @ it if your in Vernon.



BkoolB3	Jul 10 2011, 10:51 PM Post #3
Resident grumpy old bastard Posts: 1,586 Group: Member Member #11 Joined: January 7, 2007 Ride(s) '06 B7 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro, '98 Audi A4 1.8T 2WD, '82 VW Cabriolet 2.0L 8V, '91 B3 Passat Wagon	Jordan, are you running carbs?



geffect	Jul 11 2011, 05:34 AM Post #4
Dubaholic Posts: 932 Group: Member Member #12 Joined: January 7, 2007	yeah it's air-cooled. I just rebuilt the carb. it's a solex carb. I got it smoothed out a bit but a bit hesitant when you step on the gas.



Spooled1.8t	Jul 11 2011, 07:57 PM Post #5
Casual Dubber Posts: 47 Group: Member Member #571 Joined: April 16, 2009 Location Lumby B.C. Ride(s) 2000 5dr Golf 1.8T	geffect Jul 11 2011, 05:34 AM yeah it's air-cooled. I just rebuilt the carb. it's a solex carb. I got it smoothed out a bit but a bit hesitant when you step on the gas. make sure the vacuum advance is where it should be. Find the specs in your Haynes manual and try that out. It should be a simple procedure. I had an old Datsun that was doing the exact same think and it turned out to be a bad distributor cap that was arcing. You could change yours and your wires and plugs. - they don't last forever. From there I would look for leaks in your intake ( gaskets etc. ) and then re-check the carb. There is really not much else that I can think of to go out of tune / sync.



geffect	Jul 16 2011, 03:16 PM Post #6
Dubaholic Posts: 932 Group: Member Member #12 Joined: January 7, 2007	Yeah the vacuum advance is in the right place. It seems to have smoothed out a lot. I took it for a little drive down my back alley and it went pretty well. Brakes need some work but other than that it ran pretty smooth. Thanks for the tips though. Fun project so far, onto the brakes now.

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