I'm not really very up on carburettors as I'm from the injection generation, but I'm willing to learn. I there is a fuelling problem with my shopping car... the behaviour is as follows:
1. Car fine at anything over about 1/4 throttle
2. Below 1/4 throttle it kangaroos slightly, like it does when the carb is iced - (I know it's not icing as I have forced the intake to suck from directly over the exhaust headers)
3. Sometimes it is ok at idle, mostly stalls, so you have to heel and toe the whole time.
It has been suggested to me that the carburettor has reached the end of its life (aparrently they have a finite lifespan - which I didn't know). Does anyone have any other suggestions? - The carb is the original (F-reg mk2 golf 1.3) with the really nasty automatic choke. Aparrently these carburettors are notoriously difficult to set up correctly. I ask purely for curiosity's sake as I have already ordered the Webber carb conversion kit (Webber carb supposed to be very easy to convert to and the unit is far more simple, reliable and easy to adjust/maintain, AND it has a manual choke (thank goodness!)). I'd like to feel more confident about my understanding of carbs, as once I've done the conversion I have to drive the car from London to its new home in Scotland!!
Thanks in advance... C