1.1 Carb problems
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1.1 Carb problems
Any help will be much appreciated
thanks.
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1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)
1983 1100 C
1983 1100 C
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it could be that it needs a tune, or that you havent let it warm up enough.
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Greg
1981 Golf C 1.1
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI
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Old Timer
Splutters and jolts and then u give it a bit of drop clutch and rev it to hell and its good lol after about 10 mins!!!
I think 1.1 are just little buggers! is it not my plugs then im confused on what it is
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just a thought.
Andrew
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i know what u mean, its a little odd sod, but if urs does it too it might be normal?? :? what milage has urs done?
Greg 8)
1981 Golf C 1.1
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI
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My mum was saying its going to blow up and i just turned to her and said shut up lol!!!
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thats not bad, mine has 82 which is still very low :wink: ditto! my parents were anti mk1 too :evil: my mum is full converted now tho :wink: she had one of my old mk2's.
n i get that every day from the lads at college and work! - blown up yet?
they dont understand!!
Greg 8)
1981 Golf C 1.1
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI
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Local Hero
Secondly, when were the plugs and points changed? Also, how clean is the rest of the ignition system - leads, inside and outside of distributor cap, low tension wiring connections, coil?
Have you checked the ignition timing, both for base timing and that the vacuum and mechanical advance are working too?
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xxchrissixx said
how do you know all this Paul when you dont own a 1.1 lol
Cos its a conventional ignition system like any other 70s or 80s car would have!
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Local Hero
If you have it, a check with the gas analyser is handy. But it sounds overwhelmingly like an ignition (not fuel) problem to me.
After that, you'd have to swap test components, or hook the car up to more sophisticated equipment which can measure the voltage (in kilovolts) being delivered to each spark plug.
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I changed the Plugs yesterday and it is as sweet as a nut now
Im sooo proud of myself
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The one thing I would recommend doing is replacing the flexible mount between the carb and the intake manifold. This has a tendancy to crack with old age. Replacing this in conjunction with a thorough clean up/replacement of various parts of the ignition system as previously mentioned in this post made a vast improvement on my now dearly departed lemon yellow 1.1 many years ago…
It pains me to think I scrapped a solid mk1 shell, I think the amount of rust in my current resto is some kind of sick mk1 retribution…
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Oh the tricks of the trade i just hope it wont damage the car :dontknow: 8O
Chrissie xxx
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