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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: tnewson on 23 January 2009, 15:59

Title: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: tnewson on 23 January 2009, 15:59

Allo,


I've posted up about my air box so today i decided to have a good look and see if the carb looked ok (not that im an expert with carbs or anything... ) Then i found this metal tube jammed in the air intake flap.. surely this isnt meant to be there is it? it looks like one of the extenders used to make it possible to screw the K&N on...

Would this explain why my car has been difficult to start when cold (have to stay on the throttle for it to not cut out) and sometimes idle higher than others... also it would drive awkwardly at low speeds...


(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8349/dsc02356eh9.jpg)

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: danny_p on 23 January 2009, 17:57

that looks like a potential epic enigne fail in the makeing.

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: Khare on 23 January 2009, 18:34

Quote from: danny_p on 23 January 2009, 17:57

that looks like a potential epic enigne fail in the makeing.

indeed :grin: will this thread make it gobal?

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: 16vLeroy on 23 January 2009, 19:20

looks like it's been jammed in there to keep that flap open?  :rolleyes:

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: tnewson on 24 January 2009, 00:29

yeah... i mean what the f**k!

Seems to run a little smoother...seems a bit better on fuel too... its like an extender stud so that the air filter can be screwed on... gonna take the plugs out tomorrow and see whether its been running lean or not...


Cheers

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: DarnPB on 24 January 2009, 04:31

Don't look natural! That carb has been apart too, by the looks of the screws! :undecided:

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: Ian Carvell on 25 January 2009, 09:39

 :laugh: You see some strange things on these sites.

It does look like one of the K&N spacers to me.

Title: Re: I just found something wierd in my carb :S With Picture!!
Post by: tnewson on 25 January 2009, 09:43

Yeah im pretty sure it is too...

My car starts alot easier from cold now. I used to have to warm the car up by either constantly turning it over or once it actually started to idle i used to have to keep the revs up alot untill it warmed up. Doesnt do that anymore which is a result! Seems a little better on petrol too...


Cheers :D