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Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 22:52
by HarryMann
Was it ever backfiring, popping back on the over-run, misfiring, hesitating upon asking for more with right pedal, sneezing through the carb, refusing to rev ?

Can we see the plug please?

Will reserve judgement based on answers above, but tend to agree, doesn't look or sound like weakness :wink:

Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 23:17
by Plasticman
mm

Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 23:30
by HarryMann
So who was driving it when this occurred, what ist 900 mile history consist of, when was something first noticed

e.g. was anything heard, seen, felt and if so what, when & who/

More clues to what when wrong and when seem to be needed. Partic, whether the engine ever had full compressions and ran properly on all 4, was it starting to bed down from rebuild, was it pushed too hard too early (heat).. what zylinder is kerfooked?

Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 23:33
by HarryMann
Need a better closeup, but does look as if detonation might be involved, the way the crown is eaten away, though don't have much VW air-cooled experience. Strange though just that one cylinder, can we see piccies of the other piston tops?

Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 07:45
by mm289
metalmick8y wrote: wheres the best place to get the bits i wonder
mm

Stateside Tuning and Status VW seem to have a pretty good rep, otherwise a lot of the Late Bayers use CoolAir down my way.

Also usual suspects like VW Heritage :?

MM

Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 13:39
by sarran1955
Hello,

Wow,be interesting to see underside of piston and the con rod when its off.

CT Aircooled I can do you a set of 4....of any thing you like :rofl :rofl :rofl

On our usual terms.. :wink:

I m short of a set of CT tinware for my fuel injection project.

Oh, are they really CT heads, or 043's :?:

Cordialement,

:ok

Re: A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 14:37
by tobydog
All four spark plugs the same?