carb reconditioning/replacement

[bartlby bus]

hi i have a 1900 dg petrol engine water coooled standard carb i think that is running rich and the mechanic cant adjust it any more it either needs replacing or rebuilding

any ideas on where to get the parts

how much a replacement carb is


also i have lpg needs a gas service at the mo so not running it. am i right in thinking that running on gas would help me with this or does it still use the carb and would the problems be the same?

thanks in advance for any suggestions

[jed the spread]

speak to steve at gasure he does both

jed

[toomanytoys]

Rebuild kits are available from VW pretty cheap and cheaper still from GSF..
But they dont include a couple of the small diaphragms .. but do include the small gaskets that allow the chokes to be removed and resealed...

presuming the choke isnt sticking and he's only tried to adjust the co screw (thats the only one you can adjust really) none of the others do anything apart from changing base settings for throttle stop etc...

[syncrosimon]

I had a DG running a standard carb with a few gremlins, i forked out for a webber carb, and all excited about having a smooth running engine I installed it and had a garage set the mixture. I was very disapointed as it made no difference what so ever. same mpg, same gremlins eg erratic running. I would try and sort out your carb, dont be tempted by a replacement one. I later converted to gas, and the webber carb was higher and caused problems fitting the gas injector ring. Cheaper to go to gas, then the carb only acts as a butterfly valve.
I think the webber caeb was about 360 quid but i cant be sure as it was 8 years ago and cant really remeber. expensive though.

[skell]

strip it , clean it a lot and put back, most are still serviceable. check diaphragms by sucking on the tube and seeing if the choke/2nd throttle stay put, if there is a hole the will slip back to where they came from.

I had a very grotty one, spent an age cleaning it and it is very good now.