stalling!

when i put my foot on the brake and slow down it stalls! i just about to turn into a road and it stalls! im in traffix at a round about and it stalls! they keep getting more frequent, any advice?

do you have a manual or automatic choke and is it ok when it is running on choke?

to be honest i didnt quite understand that but i think its a manuall choke, i have to pull out the little rectangle thing next to the steering wheel! but obviously thats not suppossed to stay out all the time, or is it?

oh god I'm feeling old…..

sorry you have to learn somewhere! and old people are the way to go when it comes to experience! 8)

Yes indeed, no offence meant just all cars had manul chokes when I was learning to drive…. :cry:

Assuming everything else is OK with engine, timing Ok, points setup OK, clean fuel and air filters, plugs 'n leads OK, newish rotor arm 'n cap you can try and speed up the tickover a bit.

From memory if you stand infront of car looking at the carb from the right hand side. You should be able to see a large-ish straight slot screw in a sort of recessed hole. Turning this decreses or increses the idle speed.

Be warned though, messing with the carb before the ignition is sorted can cause more problems 8O

okay, well i'll try do some of the easier things first that wont hurt my car more than it already is!

can anyone else help me?

Seemed ok the other day, maybe hunting slightly.  Does it still do it even after say, 20 min of driving?  I'm no small block expert, anyone offer some more advice?

pmd you with what i would try max, all that i can think of is in your inbox, to be honest the first thing i would try is get the timing set up, the dizzy cap is new and rotor arm is and fuel filter is.The plugs looked new as did the leads.Get it to your local garage and get them to do the timing first i reckon that will sort it then they can tune the carb to the timing, as in air intake screw (idling screw) and also the mixture screw.Then it will run a treat i reckon. :wink:

Try the idle screw first if you want let the car warm up and it is on the right hand side of the carb you can do it with the air cleaner on its the big slotted one in the recessed hole a smaller one below it.Clockwise will de crease revs and screwing it out (anti clockwise) will increase revs you will hear the engine change tone.Keep trying it by knocking the choke off and if it cuts out give it a bit more of a turn and so on.Do it when engine is warm though.It may work  :dontknow:

will give that a try first thing tomro and if it still isnt going propperly i will get the timming sorted!

okay, i tried what you said and it worked 8) however, when i'm in a high gear, well higher than first, the car stalls when the car is at a halt! any ideas what that could be? normally it stalls when im changing into reverse!

When you come to a stop, put the clutch in and select first gear  

No only kiddin mate, ur best bet is to just take it to a garage.

just took the car out and it's doing it again! when it was warm this morning it worked but this afternoon no! what the hell is going on with my car?

Dont get mad with it, it will be something simple, just looked in the haynes manual and the most likely lookin culprit is the timing and carb set up, get it to a garage and let them set it up, whats a few quid for a lot of happiness and gaydon just round the corner.

I had a problem like that with my first polo. When I braked or slowed down in trafic it would stall. The carb gasket is rubber and there was a crack in it.  When I braked the carb lent foreard, the crack got bigger letting in air and stalling the car.  Not sure if golf has a similar set up but its a possibility.

it does have a rubber gasket the same as the polo if that helps.

it was that problem, cost me ?70 to get it sorted! but now the exhaust has fallen off! any help?