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Hi, Had a similar sort of problem with mine losing power on long hills, judders, mixture went lean, misfired etc. unless you took your foot of the acceleratro pedal. Cleand out the carbs / reset the timing / put on a new fuel pump.... Turned out that the fuel pipe had collapsed partially and was res...

Good people of the forum.... Just a heads up, If you are thinking of removing the rear drive shafts on your van then to tool you need is a 12 starred spline , Not a 6 starred Torx. One fits nicely and the Allen bolts come off. The other makes you swear a lot and cry.. Just in case.. B... P.S. Any on...

Hello there. I have finally got around to sorting this out ! The problem was a dodgy fuel pipe and connections. Having been thru the timing, new fuel pump, carb clean out, it turns out that the culprit was the fuel pipe / lack of fuel getting thru. This was found out more by luck than judgement. I h...

Hi, Have been having a few power loss issues recently and am going through the list of possible options Air filter = new fuel filter = new Carb filter = nice and clean Vacuum lines replaceed Dist Vacuum unit replaced as faulty Timing reset etc.. was looking at the large rubber tube from the Carb to ...

Hi, I stumbled on these manuals the other night and wanted to share them, they might com in useful for some.. http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/Volkswagen_Va" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... _OFRM.html http://www.sthwark.demon.co.uk/syncro/m" onclick="window.open(this.h...

Hi, thanks for the reply, I think that getiting little or no resistance is probably one of the issues. Also interstingly enough with intensive googlin last night i came across some PDF service manuals and in one of them there is a picture showing the hose layout to be like this. http://i1130.photobu...

Hi, First off Thanks for taking time to review this. From reading other entries, "Forum Etiquette" suggests that i should at least introduce myself before jumping in with the tough techy questions :) I have recently ( thanks to Mrs M ) obtained a 1983, A REG, T25(3) Camper Van and we have ...