Golf GX 1.5 51kw Solex Carb

Good evening all,

I have a parts request, but I'm not sure this is the right place for it, but I'll bash on anyway.

After some intermittent engine problems (sputtering, loss of power etc) my local VW garage have diagnosed that my carburettor is on it's way out.

Trouble is, I'm told that the carb in my car is rare/ obsolete and/ or nigh on impossible to get a hold of. I think its a Solex 51 KW 1457cc Carb, but I'm not certain. The auto-choke still works, more or less, which I also gather is a rarity!

Basically I'm having intermittent momentary "flat spots" which are causing the car to judder horribly under normal driving conditions. It happens probably every other minute and particularly on startup.

I've been told that the butterflies are worn and sticking, but I have no idea what that means!

Does anyone know where I might find a second hand or aftermarket part that will suit, or know anyone able to repair the unit at a reasonable price in the Edinburgh and Scottosh central belt area?? My local VW garage are basically saying the carb is past it…

Thanks in advance!

AndyC

try

www.1golfahead.co.uk

or

www.golfmk1.co.uk

on a different note, I didnt know there was another mk1 in edinburgh!  

do you want to send me (PM me) some details so you can be added to the Scottish Regions page?!  :dontknow:  :mrgreen:

Good luck, Cheers, andrew

Gower & Lee Carburettor and Spares Specialists

Coincidence or destiny? I'm an AndyC too! And i have a solex/pierbirg 1b carb that came off a 1.5 GX  8O

if your interested in it, pm me  

cheers  :wink:

and just noticed marsredgti is an Andrew  8O

good name

our parents obviously had no imagination  :roll:

wouldn't you say Andy (hairyarse) or Drew (Drew)   

go for a webber   much better

crazycar said

go for a webber   much better

Thats a point, i know weber do carbs for 1.6 & 1.8 (Pierburg 2e2 replacment) and 1.3 (2e3 replacement),but what weber carb would go on a 1.5 as my friend has one also and would be good to know if ever he has problems with his

I would chance the 1.6 webber setup. Ive found webbers alwways prove good. you could re jet if theres a problem. webber allways have a good supply of bits. I would think the webber would give yer more power as well. ebays allways a good source for webbers. might worth maybe fitting the 1.6 inlet mainfold

When i had my GX, i looked into a weber and found that the 1b3 carb is replaced by the Weber 36 TLP. However, try finding one….

But i have recently put a weber on my 1.6 and it is  :mrgreen:    :twisted: pretty good. As crazycar says, swapping inlet manifolds for a 1.6 and getting a common 32/34 DMTL and rejetting it could be the easiest way for the 1.5 to get weber power. Hmm, but are the manifolds a straight swap?


cheers

Thanks for all the help folks…

Hopefully i can get this sorted out…

AndyC

Hello all,

Limped home from work today in the golf - had to chance it as my wife was using the other car. Big bangs and huge clouds of billowing black smoke from my exhaust - can only assume backfiring, but not sure as never experienced it before…

I'm hoping that's symptomatic of the duff carburettor, as I'd be gutted if it's something else!

Can someone reassure me that all these are connected!?

Cheers!

AndyC

Hello AndyC,

Did you ever get this sorted out please as it would help me ?

Many Thanks

Andy

the 1.5 will run fine on a weber......go for it tiger !

Id say you have a problem with your points or condensor rather than the carb. You can get lazy mechanics that dont really want to touch old stuff like a mk1 Gx and just say "its the carb". Try looking round for air leaks as well as the points and condensor and its not hard to remove and clean out one of the original carbs they are really easy in fact.
 My girl has a GX and its now got a recoed JB block with a manifold off a twin throat audi 80 (early) motor that has been slightly modifyed and fitted with a twin barrel weber. It basically goes like a rocket is as smooth as and can cruise easily at about 80mph all day if you wanted it to. they have excellent gear ratios and a good comfort handling comprimise. One of the best golfs ever made I recon.  

Hello Jelly,

Do you have any details about exactly which manifold it is (car/model/year etc) and also the Weber specification please ?

Many Thanks

Andy

hi there, i also have m1 golf gx. I have  weber carb but when i fiited it i found that the bolts were to short and did not thread very far into the mafold. i have two options, thinner gasket or longer bolts, did u have this problem?? how did u solve this ?

cheers

Hi all…

Well, I recently had a Mk1 specialist look at the carburettor, and after about half an hour it was set and working fine.

The "hunting" problem I was experiencing was actually due to a faulty ignition switch - basically the engine was switching off and on when I was driving along  8O

The carb was fine - turned out the fast idle wasn't set correctly by the VW garage, and worse still the live feed wasn't even connected. It now runs perfectly…

Except now I've sprung a pretty bad leak from the rocker cover gasket and there's a bloody great hole in the rear axle subframe… ach well!

Have a look at my other posts if you want more info

AndyC

I'll soon be removing the head off my car which is a JB engine head with a Solex carb and inlet manifold- the manifold is different to the 1.6 as the inlet throat has only two mounting screws. The reason for this is that my engine is a FR code 1.6 Scirocco bottom half with the 1.5 top half! I've bought a good used head complete with inlet and exhaust manifold and weber!

If you still have that 1.5 carb i,m interested in it if andyc doesnt want it.I know how he feels cant get a decent 1 anywhere.