petrol drinking like its going out of fashion

[polo-vixen]

My little 1.3 seems to drinking petrol like its going out of fashion, i was wondering if there was anyfink i could as she is over fueling herself!

For an idea, say u sit at 80 mph on the motorway then come of the pedal, and then bk on she acts like she is gonan die and then sorts herself out,

Im not to sure if any of this make sense, but basically i dnt wanna pay out for a webber as the price they are, unless i have to!

[SteB]

if yours is a 1300 carb, then it may be just a case of getting it cleaned out and tuned up correctly - not much of a job for a mechanic

[polo69]

nice sig

[polo-vixen]

thanx for the comment on the sig

can u name a mechanic in herts that dnt run at the word carb?

[SteB]

thanx for the comment on the sig

can u name a mechanic in herts that dnt run at the word carb?

sorry, cant help you there - not really my neck of the woods. I would say that your best trying the back-street garages tho, not big places

[dvderlm]

as it's happening when you on/off at high speed it might be the stage 2 pulldown unit has a tiny split in the rubber diaphragm, and this is cheap to replace and fairly easy to check for... if you can dismantle it and blow/suck the tube to feel for movement.

It's GSF part 18188.

It was on mine, but then I eventually replaced every gasket until it wouldn't even start (cause turned out to be a corroded earth wire ! ).

Or, there's a bloke on eBay who'll do reconditioned VW carbs by email/post

He specialises in 2e2's for the Golf mk2 but I'm sure he could cope with a 2e3 like you find on a 1300cc Golf and Polo as it is similar (and simpler).

His eBay rating's a fairly respectable 96.2 % from 168 transactions, so might be worth a try for around £110.

eBay user id is golf_2_specialist. He's selling a 2e2 now so you could try ask seller a question to get a dialog going.

David

psst :

wanna buy a 4 speed gearbox ?

[gofaster100]

Is the timing ok?

remember my old coupe S used to drink like a fish --- right before the belt snapped

just a thought




p.s.
are you low_polo_vixen on E38 btw? wanted to see the coupeS but the pics aren't being hosted any more:
http://www.edition38.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=17733