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I checked plugs and re set valves as part of my early checks. My current thinking is that a mix of a leaking exhaust coupled to the steep hill leaning out the mix due to the high vacuum with no opening of the throttle is causing the issue - the leak supplying the necessary oxygen to ignite the...

The exhaust is blowing a bit and I think needs replacing, which would provide the oxygen perhaps? I was not aware of the problem before the exhaust noise increased. Any tips on how to ensure that there are no leaks when fitting a new exhaust ... it would be the standard set up from VW heritage.

no ... its more like a burble sound - I normally think of a backfire as being quite violent, but couldn't think how else to describe it. It only seems to occur when the hill is steep and the revs are getting quite high (over 20mph). I found this on the net ... any thoughts?

I have been taking the van up and down a few steep places recently. I noticed that when going down a steep hill in 2nd using the engine to aid braking, I can hear a gentle back firing when passing through an enclosed area. Is this normal? It isn't particularly loud or violent. If not, any...

yep, that's the one I got from Cool Air. I got the engine up and running tonight and so far so good ... not a drop of oil as far as I can tell - will check all around again tomorrow.

Mine is the Empi cast iron version. I marked the face up with marker and sanded on glass as suggested ... pretty much took all of the marker off in one go. However, there were radial machining marks on the face and I found that by sanding they faded out at different points - so continued to sand...

Thanks Abel, I took the pump cover off tonight - worked a treat. Will get going with the sandpaper and glass tomorrow and see how we go - hadn't heard of this trick, wish I had done it first time around.

I have got the engine in the van and hooked up. Went to turn the engine over to prime the pump which went fine but with one rather large hitch ... oil started coming out of the pump cover. I just fitted the paper gasket in the gasket kit with no sealer and torqued to the recommended spec. Is it...

Ah .... I was being a bit thick there ... understood now. Thanks

Presumably this means that I could achieve this by hand cranking the engine backwards via the fan pulley ... though somewhat slowly and inefficiently ... or am I misunderstanding . I did a quick youtube search and turned up this video of what I was thinking about -...

The pump is new and the engine is newly built. Following the instructions in the Tom Wilson book I put a couple of blobs of vasoline/white grease in the pump prior to fitting. I have read (can't recall where) that a method of priming the pump further is to pour oil down the exit hose from the...

Thanks, that's a much appreciated steer. I read somewhere that it is important to avoid an airlock during installation .. any suggestions on this. I thought I might crank the engine over without the filter attached initially until the oil was exiting the feed. Then fill the filter with oil and...

Thanks Abel, This is really helpful. Where do you mount the filter itself?

Thanks Karlos ... perfect. You don't happen to know where I can source a 45 degree elbow?

Wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction here. I am in the middle of installing a full flow system on my 1600TP. The upper oil Gallery has been opened and tapped to receive a brass elbow for the return. I have an Empi pump cover with the side exit. Does anyone have a suggestion...

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I am looking to fabricate a new stand/bracket for my Oil Bath Air Filter. I have picked up a working 1971/2 version for the van but at some time in the past the stand has been cut out of the engine bay. Could anyone let me have the dimensions of the stand so I can fabricate a new one? In...

Just back from 250 mile round trip. With oil change and tune up the oil light barely flickered at all ... just occasionally after hard use following a steep hill when coming to a halt at a roundabout. So all seems good. However I had another occurrence which feed back would be good on. At one...