Weber conversion kits on watercooled 1.9

[Sunray]

I have a new engine but the Pierburg carb isn't really working so great, its OK, doesn't stall once its going but idle is fast and its pinging a bit, the mechanic says its needs work as he cant get it to run correctly no matter how he adjusts it. Unfortunately I want to use the van **now** and the rebuild of the carb is going to take 8 weeks.

So I am thinking of fitting a Weber conversion kit to it so I can enjoy the rest of the summer.

Reading the forums it appears that these kits are not the greatest, but its generally appears to be for Aircooled and this is a water cooled.

So my question; Is the weber OK on watercooled engines. I don't want to damage this engine, it being 'new' and all.

Clearly I can then send the pierburg off and get it reconned and then perhaps sell the conversion on ebay once I get it back. I like stuff to be original as possible. VW fitted it for a reason.

I miss my van, so willing to take the hit cost wise, I just did a festival in a tent and body is aching from sleeping on the floor!!

Ta muchly.

[Aidan]

not the answer to the q but there's a pierberg on for sale, nothing to do with me, easiest swap and then recon the original cheaper than the weber which personally I'm not a fan of as it takes a lot of faffing to fit ime and it's a compromise at best

[Zebedee]

My caravelle was running a weber when i got it.
Didn't seem too bad to be honest though i swapped back to the pierburg when i LPG'd it and sold the weber on.

I think the weber kit is about £400 isn't it?
As Aidan says, find a rebuilt pierburg if you can and leave the weber to the golf/scirroco boys.

[Sunray]

My caravelle was running a weber when i got it.
Didn't seem too bad to be honest though i swapped back to the pierburg when i LPG'd it and sold the weber on.

I think the weber kit is about £400 isn't it?
As Aidan says, find a rebuilt pierburg if you can and leave the weber to the golf/scirroco boys.

I have a pierburg and I can get it fixed up, but the summer is here and its 8 weeks to get it fixed by which time the summer will be gone. Had a good search around, apart from the one listed on here Its hens teeth, the weber I can get right now.

I can fit the weber, use that till the pierburg is fixed and then sell the weber for what ever I can get. Costly but at least I can use the van.

Its not a perfect solution but its 'OK' as a stop gap is good enough for me.

[Ian Hulley]

Be warned lots of technical questions have been posted about the Just Krappers Weber conversions .... not a single positive comment yet. Why not buy a known good Pierburg and sell that on again once your's is reconditioned ? Like for like styleeee.

Ian

[CovKid]

Roger Ball is the man for getting carbs rebushed (only bit that wears out to be honest). He does mail order - tis in the WIKI. Does bays and Beetle carbs too.

[Sunray]

Be warned lots of technical questions have been posted about the Just Krappers Weber conversions .... not a single positive comment yet. Why not buy a known good Pierburg and sell that on again once your's is reconditioned ? Like for like styleeee.

Ian

Because I cannot find a pierburg 2e3 that is 100% and I have spent ages looking. The one listed on here has a broken pull down choke.

I want to use the van in 9 days time.

I am very very fed up with sleeping in a tent as the 2nd festival this year I've had to do it has just come and gone. If the weber can last 10 weeks at OK performance I will be happy. I'll not need the van much then and I can wait for the recon pierburg.

[weimarbus]

I fitted a weber 3 years ago bought from southern carburettors been very happy with it and now running lpg through it

[Sunray]

Good, well from what I've been reading it can be made to work OK, which will do me just fine. I can live with imperfect and I live in hope it will get me past the summer and I can get to the business of enjoying it rather than stressing about tents and getting to festivals.

Don't know what you miss till its gone.

[Footprint]

Roger Ball is the man for getting carbs rebushed (only bit that wears out to be honest). He does mail order - tis in the WIKI. Does bays and Beetle carbs too.

+ A very big one on Roger's work.

[Sunray]

I think there is a lot more that can go wrong with a carb than that.

The wiki has a choke heating coil issue.

Anyway it should have arrived at the mechanics yesterday, perhaps today. So will post up how I feel about it when I finally get my van back. It's in because the oil pressure buzzer came on and its a new engine. He's doing a pressure test and possible wiring check of the buzzer.

Will post up how I get on with the new carb.