If your carburetor has an idle cutoff valve (electromagnetic cut off valve) and it is not working, the engine would not idle and most likely stall. Really easy to check just leave the ignition on (engine not running), disconnect the lead and tap it to the cutoff valve you should hear the valve engage.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCJSstufoh8YCFZYtjAodDOUA9Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikihow.com%2FSet-the-34Pict%2F3-Carburetor-on-an-Aircooled-Volkswagen-(Vw)-Beetle&ei=xpZ5VZSxO5bbsASMyoOoDw&bvm=bv.95277229,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNEtMiOYFGRpRcE4QnkQQb7MmO0n0Q&ust=1434117908814443 Also have you checked the choke positioning, when warm is the choke full opened? When was the last time the carburetor was rebuilt? Is the carburetor properly jetted, too large of a main jet would create excessive fuel consumption and also lead to very black/wet plugs. Dan On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Kyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Herbie went through a tank of gas in a week in mostly local city driving, > say perhaps 5 to 10 miles a day. > > Also, his erratic, take off in first, second and sometimes third, and > wanting to not idle like he is starved for fuel after running a little > while (say five minutes or so.) > > Kyle > 66 bug > With > 73 Olds 442 mileage :-0 > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.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/d/optout. > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.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/d/optout.
