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hi guys, im umm and erhing about fixing my pierburg carb of going for the Weber 34 DAT caburettor kit, part number 1889090700.

what are the advantages of the webber, will it increase mpg? or last longer, or are these myths?

The simple reason or answer to your question is if VW thought the Webber was a better bet than the Pierburg they would have used it in the first place....

There is a guy on the Bay of 'E' s does a re furbed exchange unit for less than the price of a Webber.......


Regards

Fritz,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hi, I've read a lot of posts about this subject. The general opinion is the dg is designed to run on a pierburg so that is best!
But on my last van I managed to get a webber for free, so I gave it a try, the performance was definatly better but god it used the fuel! of course I didn't have a new or recon pierburg to compare it with.
My advise, if you can get a webber cheap or free give it a try otherwise don't waste your money they are very expensive. if you want better performance and don't mind spending a bit stick a Subaru in it!! Thats what I done

INTERESTING...will have to look up this guy on the bay as ive had no luck trying to find one else where,

BTW sticking a scooby in the back would be aswome, very jealous

the webber isnt very good by all accounts, no end of people have been on here complaininghtat they couldnt get very good MPG and the performance didnt seem as good.. save your cash..

I have rebuilt a few Pierburgs maybe I should offer the service..

Im surprised nobody has stuck up for the webers at all?!

Webbers are not an issue, it the poor execution of this conversion that is..

somebodys fishing...

Evening,

I've got a weber, and now the auto choke is sorted it seems to run well. Get about 23mpg on a run, and a bit less round town. This seems to be roughly in line with the pierberg 1.9dg's I think.

However, it was on the van when I got it. I think that a pierberg would be the way to go, as you'll get the right jets etc. Google search, there's a bloke out in/near Clacton that does them.

Cheers,

Alex

I've never had much joy with them, can never get them to set up right.
Theres nothing wrong with a good pierburg.