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lo all , can anyone help . got an f reg 1.6 golf driver which is not a bad little car for our lass to potter about in. problem is it runs like a bag of wibblepoo and the auto choke stays on a lot. have fettled the sparks side of things but cant figure out how to adjust the pierburg carb has anyone got any clues or a spare direct replacement weber?
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golf carb probsBenzBoy
@benzboy
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First thing I'd do is have a gander at the auto choke (bit obvious I know  - the bimetallic spring may be knackered or the linkage sticking. What kind of Weber carbs can you replace the Pierburg with? I have a number of Webers (mainly downdraught) |
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cheers benzboy, not sure what model webber it would be but it will be a downdraught of some sort. gonna fiddle with my spare pierburg tomorow just to see how the bloody thing works!!cant see any mixture or idle adjusters anywhere. shame really cos the rest of the cars mint and it only cost me my old mountain bike lol
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I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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cant bin the pierburg just yet as i have zilch cash  i think benzboy might be on to something with the auto choke thing , might just take it of and bin it lol, maybe after the winter anyway lol |
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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I was about to say something about the autochoke. The mk1 Hillman Imp was fitted with an autochoke, which was a bit curse word and gave a few problems, a number of people converted them to manual choke, which was easier later on as mk2 and later Imps were equipped with manual chokes, were there any Peirburg equipped Golfs with manual chokes at all? That would make the job easier, as you could nab all the gear off of that and just convert to manual choke, and see if that made things any better.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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First thing I'd do is have a gander at the auto choke (bit obvious I know Every car I've ever owned that has an auto-choke has broken,.. horrible invention,.. |
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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i had the same motor - well a G-plate 1.6 driver, so assume it had the same carb.
the auto choke has something to do with water temperature, if the coolant level is too low the choke never goes off. i used to have to drive mine on full throttle around the place till i worked this out! then once it sprantg a water leak it'd cough and choke till i topped it up.
best bet is to buy a weber though, much more reliable.
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
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mrsigma coolant-whats that then mate?   ;D |
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If you're an Imp owner it's that steamy stuff that's rising out of the engine bay when you look in your mirrors!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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If you're an Imp owner it's that steamy stuff that's rising out of the engine bay when you look in your mirrors! rev, ive seen loads of imps but ive never seen one boil.is it a design fault or do you imp boys do something you shouldnt? |
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We had a MK2 Astra with a Pierburg..... autochoke went tit$ up on that Best thing is fit a manual choke kit, or a proper weber replacement carb. I have NEVER had any luck messing around with secondhad carbs, repair kits Ect........  |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault. |
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rev, ive seen loads of imps but ive never seen one boil.is it a design fault or do you imp boys do something you shouldnt? To be fair they're a lot more reliable than people give them credit for. It was a bit of a design problem, that the radiator wasn't really up to scratch and also airlocked a fair bit, but the pub bore stories about them breaking down all the time are exaggerations, part of the problem wsa that back in the day a number of people didn't put antifreeze in them, overtightened bolts in the engine, of course it's a quite soft and light alloy, and maintained them otherwise badly because they weren't familiar with maintenance of an alloy engine, of course nowadays most engines are alloy and most people do use antifreeze and the like, but most of the damage was done by people who weren't really into motors and didn't take a great deal of care for them. I had a conversation with a Mini owner the other day, we were standing with our cars in a car park for some reason, I think it started as the typical "hey nice car mate", "thanks, yours is nice as well" sort of affair, and we were talking about how every old motor has it's own little design problems, eg Minis' subframes aren't particularly hard wearing, that sort of thing, I suppose it's just a case of putting up with them, since it's always worth it in the end!  |
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Kris
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Jan 10, 2005 10:21:50 GMT
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I have exactly the same car (an H-plate anyway) with exactly the same problem, I get about 25 to the gallon if that. My friends 1.6 Scirocco also used to drink like George Best. The weber is already in my watch list.  |
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Jan 10, 2005 11:29:25 GMT
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The wax in the auto choke breaks down, top up your coolant, like Pillock says, and if that don't help, try a new choke waxstat thing from GSF, if not, get a weber.
they conversion sits on a spacer plate, and there is a spacer for the linkage too if I remeber correctly, so get a kit, not just a carb.
Weber are far better, esp with a manual choke
Pierburgs are god awful and really want to be binned asap, I even took the good one off my T25 van and put the weber off my old van off as soon as I had 10 mins spare.
If you are really stuck, I may have an old 2E off a rocco 1.8 you can have if you get really stuck, but if it does work, it will play up in time, as they all do.
Really complex and not a good design.
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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Jan 10, 2005 12:34:06 GMT
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yes waxstat!! that's the word i couldn't think of, that's what everyone said was knackered on mine |
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Or one day you might find
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Jan 12, 2005 22:18:30 GMT
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thanks for all the advice guys, think weve tracked the prob down to a knackered thermostat. never noticed the temp gage never went up cos the heater still worked lol been driving around in the siggy to long and too used to the cold. also found the air adjuster screw finally and thats really helped things along ghoes like a rocket now must have been getting all petrol and no air!!!
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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- the bimetallic spring may be knackered or the linkage sticking.
i think benzboy might be on to something with the auto choke thing , might just take it of and bin it lol, maybe after the winter anyway lol
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