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Ian Hulley wrote:And greater economy than the Webber if you poured it straight in out of a bucket

Oi webbers (weber) are great...

As an aside if i was in the situation of having a single carb engine with a duff carb i would look at having the original carb rebuilt. Which as you will have found in your search is my advice to peeps in that predicament. Webbers seem to have developed some kind of Olde Skool mystique ... I rememb...

As an aside if i was in the situation of having a single carb engine with a duff carb i would look at having the original carb rebuilt.

The real world heaven forbid anyone expecting a supplier to be honest about kits. And yes some one specialising in VW flat motors should have at least the basic knowledge that you cant just bolt a carb on and forget about it. At the very least even a direct replacement will need setting up to some d...

When people post things like this ... in short please so i dont have to wade through different threads. they should expect the reply you got. We have had loads of people who believed the guff that Just Krappers sell because their garage or 'mechanic' couldn't/couldn't be bothered to diagnose either...

We get an awful lot of repeat questions on this forum, that is why we have started to build up a very useful 'WIKI' file answering most of the common issues. All Ian was saying was 'use it'. The Weber carb thing is simple: most people who have them fitted (all engines) have some issues and at some ...

Ian Hulley wrote:Do a search.

How helpful of you.

Thanks i will do...maybe ill find more broad statements like "They are not suited to the T25" What all engines? I do hope not.

Almost every vehicle that i have changed the carbs for webbers has had improved economy. There are loads of threads on here with Webber owners bemoaning them. They are not suited to the T25. The 'ah yes your carb's knackered' brigade would do well to talking to a real mechanic instead of a fitter. ...

I don't believe the figures, and does he mean "Carb s " as DG normally only has 1 (unless someone has "made" a fancy twin carb manifold for it :shock: ) Are after market manifolds not available then? Almost every vehicle that i have changed the carbs for webbers has had improved...

TFR?

Insure it as a 1.6TD and stop panicing. They are the same engine. It does not matter what the engine was out of.