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Thirsty oil drinking Brazilian with a flat spot!
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<blockquote data-quote="craigtayla" data-source="post: 157107" data-attributes="member: 3496"><p>Recently had a new brazilian original vw engine fitted to my 72 bay. Apparently has smaller valves as set up for fuel injection. The engine seems to be still drinking quite a bit of oil after around 2000 miles. The engine loses power/stalls shortly after accelerating away from junctions when it's cold. I hear this is a classic 009 issue but my distributor has a vac advance. The garage recommended refurbing the carb (solex 34 pict 3 with 60 on the choke cover) but trying an identical replacement carb only made the issue worse. A VZi contact, very generous bloke, who spent 2 hours looking at the carb and trying a different one was at a loss as the adjustment screws seemed to make no difference in pitch/speed of the engine. The carb I have on the engine is running really rich and we think it is compensating for some other issue such as air leaks. After getting back from vanfest I notice there is petrol coming through the bush on the left where/when the accelerator pulls from.</p><p>I'm going to talk to the garage about the issues but in the meantime can you help/advise?</p><p>Is the issue timing/air leak/characteristic of the engine?</p><p>What do I do now the carb is leaking petrol? Change the bush?</p><p>How much oil should I expect the engine to use?</p><p>What's happening? What do I do? </p><p>Cheers</p><p>Craig</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="craigtayla, post: 157107, member: 3496"] Recently had a new brazilian original vw engine fitted to my 72 bay. Apparently has smaller valves as set up for fuel injection. The engine seems to be still drinking quite a bit of oil after around 2000 miles. The engine loses power/stalls shortly after accelerating away from junctions when it's cold. I hear this is a classic 009 issue but my distributor has a vac advance. The garage recommended refurbing the carb (solex 34 pict 3 with 60 on the choke cover) but trying an identical replacement carb only made the issue worse. A VZi contact, very generous bloke, who spent 2 hours looking at the carb and trying a different one was at a loss as the adjustment screws seemed to make no difference in pitch/speed of the engine. The carb I have on the engine is running really rich and we think it is compensating for some other issue such as air leaks. After getting back from vanfest I notice there is petrol coming through the bush on the left where/when the accelerator pulls from. I'm going to talk to the garage about the issues but in the meantime can you help/advise? Is the issue timing/air leak/characteristic of the engine? What do I do now the carb is leaking petrol? Change the bush? How much oil should I expect the engine to use? What's happening? What do I do? Cheers Craig [/QUOTE]
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