carb kit

Post by **belle in progress** » 07 Aug 2006, 09:56

does anybody know where i can get a webber or similar carb kit for my 1.9 dg waterclooed

only found one from volkspares for £400

any ideas???

Post by **belle in progress** » 07 Aug 2006, 15:35

still no luck have sent out various emails, come on i cant be the only person who ever needed a card. off on my hols on sat so im getting despirate, pleeze help

Post by **trickydicky** » 07 Aug 2006, 15:38

Whats wrong with the one you have got, if it is a Pierburg the service kit is inexpensive and easy enough to do

Post by **belle in progress** » 07 Aug 2006, 15:56

can you tell me about the service kit, the vw garage said it was dead they tried cleaning jets ect.

problem is that a soon as i take my foot off the gas the engine cuts out even when in full motion

Post by **trickydicky** » 07 Aug 2006, 16:08

The service kit is basically a big bag of bits, a bit like flat pack some you need some you don't. Included in the kit though should be jets gaskets and diaphrams (leave it ) this should be enough to sort out a dodgy carb. I serviced mine myself and used some smelly celly (cellulose thiners) to clean the stubborn gunk. Both the wiki and Haynes manual have diagrams, you can source the kit from Gower and Lee (they have a website and hopefully someone will post with the fancy "look here" link for you).

Post by **belle in progress** » 07 Aug 2006, 16:18

thanks tricky, i think if that was gunna work then the garage woulda got it going for me cheers though

Post by **toomanytoys** » 07 Aug 2006, 17:32

Yes but remember a garage charges XX per hour, it aint in there interest to mess about with an old carb to get it werkin, they just bolt a new one on.. easier and less hassle from the customer than giving a whopping bill for labour...

Think GSF do the carb repair kits too, or have a word with Si at brickwerks, he was doing some rebuilt carbs IIRC...

Post by **belle in progress** » 07 Aug 2006, 20:31

i intend to talk to simon just as soon as the little one will let him back to work.
maybe it will be worth trying this kit. all ive done is spray carb cleaner in to the carb as per instructions on can and put petrol treatment in.
but gsf is just down rd so maybe ill give that a go

Post by **tangalooma flyer** » 07 Aug 2006, 23:25

I took advise off of here, got kit and replacement autochoke van now goes like a goodun'. You have to strip it and clean it properly mind, i gave up looking for a weber i had more chance of getting a shag from my missus than finding the ellusive 'weber'!

Post by **max biaggi** » 08 Aug 2006, 08:00

Pierburg isn't too bad to work on , but time consuming.

A good clean worked wonders for mine.

Post by **toomanytoys** » 08 Aug 2006, 17:44

Spraying stuff down its neck and in the tank will not clean out crap in the float bowl... only taking it off and taking it apart will do that.. SO you prob just saved 350 quid.......

Post by **skell** » 09 Aug 2006, 17:19

I got quite a grotty looking Peirburg secondhand (didn't have one to start with) and spent about 6 hours cleaning and rebuilding it - now very pukka, didn't replace jets but did do accelerator pump and part load enrichment valve. make sure you find every hole in the carb body and clean it, on my second go I found one that took vacuum to diapraghm for second throttle, since cleaning that the van is much quicker