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My vintage beetle idles, as of this evening. It's the first time the engine has run normally since July of 2008:
I've been fighting with problems over the last week which turn out to have been because two carburetors I have seperately have problems.
Since starting the engine in November, I've done the following:
- replace the intake manifold with on that fits
- installed the fuel tank and all new soft fuel lines
- installed a carburetor that works well
What still remains to be done before I can drive it:
- fix the fuel tank vent system
- bleed and adjust the brakes
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[later edit:]
To to bring everyone up to speed, I pulled the engine in the summer of 2008, to do a top-end rebuild, which ended up taking longer than I expected. The first start of the re-assembled engine was in November: Engine first start video
To to bring everyone up to speed, I pulled the engine in the summer of 2008, to do a top-end rebuild, which ended up taking longer than I expected. The first start of the re-assembled engine was in November: Engine first start video
The oil that you see when the engine starts is from lubricating parts as I assembled the engine. Particularly, I oiled the cylinders fairly shortly before the start to make sure they were lubricated for the break-in run. The engine doens't burn oil at all as far as I can tell.