Further as the weather gets colder the engine will run rich because the choke is engaged until the engine gets up to temperature.
It is important to make sure the both the heat risers are clear (as Jones had sates) and that the thermostat is working. Both will help with getting the engine up to temperature quickly. Also I do not let the engine idle to warm up, just drive it, go easy at first. It is critical to get the engine up to running temp as soon as possible. Any delay is not good for the engine seals and wastes fuel > On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:54 AM, "Ken Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Or, if it’s like my ’67 was, the heat risers are plugged up and need to be > reamed out. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Dan Moy > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Smell? > > If a stock carb, it's the choke. > > On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Kyle Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > With the advent of winter, my beetle will start in the morning but usually > won't do much else unless I let it idle. > > Although I leave the garage door open when I do this, my wife complains that > the smell gets in the house. > > Once it has been running for a while, it doesn't want to act like it dies > out. > > I am not concerned too much about the smell. If I could find some way in cold > weather to just be able to take off, then I wouldn't mind it at all. > > What do you all think? > > Kyle > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
