Morning all,
My 71 Bay wouldn't start the other day and after going through the checks in John Muir's book, sparks and fuel where there should be (the battery was fine), the book then moved onto the EGR valve, however it stated that my engine does not come with this valve so i called Green Flag.
The very helpful guy turned up and after I told him what I'd done he straight away told me it was probably a sticky EGR valve, he promptly unstuck it and after a blast of easy start I was back on the road.
A while ago I was told that the carb I had fitted was for a Beatle but that didn't really mean much to me at the time.
Here are my questions; Is this a Beatle carb and if so does it really matter? Also what can i do to prevent encountering a sticky EGR valve in future? After a little play this morning I found that the idle cam lever doesn't return when the accelerator is being pressed, should it?
Any advice would be welcome,
Owen
My 71 Bay wouldn't start the other day and after going through the checks in John Muir's book, sparks and fuel where there should be (the battery was fine), the book then moved onto the EGR valve, however it stated that my engine does not come with this valve so i called Green Flag.
The very helpful guy turned up and after I told him what I'd done he straight away told me it was probably a sticky EGR valve, he promptly unstuck it and after a blast of easy start I was back on the road.
A while ago I was told that the carb I had fitted was for a Beatle but that didn't really mean much to me at the time.
Here are my questions; Is this a Beatle carb and if so does it really matter? Also what can i do to prevent encountering a sticky EGR valve in future? After a little play this morning I found that the idle cam lever doesn't return when the accelerator is being pressed, should it?
Any advice would be welcome,
Owen