Comments on: How To Adjust Air Cooled VW Valves http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anonymous http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-122 Anonymous Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:14:49 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-122 hi there just did the timing on my 1972 beetle running great but just doesn't want to stop when i turn the ignition off is this a timing issue steve goddard hi there just did the timing on my 1972 beetle
running great but just doesn’t want to stop when i turn the ignition off
is this a timing issue
steve goddard

]]> By: kevin http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-120 kevin Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:24:18 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-120 I have a 1972 type 1 what should my clearances be? I just got this buggy and it was running real bad, at times only on 2 cyl's.. i changed the plugs, wires, distributor, cap, points, condenser and coil and it still ran the same.. I had someone who owned 5 look at it and he said i needed a new carb so i got a new webber and it still runs the same.. backfireing and spitting.. adjusted the timeing and nothing.. please help... also i notticed there is no notch on the rim of my new distributor, could it be the wrong one??? I have a 1972 type 1 what should my clearances be?
I just got this buggy and it was running real bad, at times only on 2 cyl’s.. i changed the plugs, wires, distributor, cap, points, condenser and coil and it still ran the same.. I had someone who owned 5 look at it and he said i needed a new carb so i got a new webber and it still runs the same.. backfireing and spitting.. adjusted the timeing and nothing.. please help…
also i notticed there is no notch on the rim of my new distributor, could it be the wrong one???

]]> By: Shane http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-117 Shane Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:36:25 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-117 Hello I was wondering if you would know the clearances for points and valves for a 1982 air cooled kombi Cheers Shane Hello I was wondering if you would know the clearances for points and valves for a 1982 air cooled kombi Cheers Shane

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-115 Anonymous Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:44:28 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-115 helo i have a vw beetle trike and was wondering if there is anyway i can find out the year of my engine as it is on a q plate thanks helo i have a vw beetle trike and was wondering if there is anyway i can find out the year of my engine as it is on a q plate thanks

]]> By: Brad http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-110 Brad Sun, 09 May 2010 10:29:30 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-110 if you are moving the rotor 90 degrees each time you should use the firing order instead of saying cylinders 1,2,3,4... if you are moving the rotor 90 degrees each time you should use the firing order instead of saying cylinders 1,2,3,4…

]]> By: oni baba http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-100 oni baba Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:44:53 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-100 Thank you Colin, being the second owner of this van, I guess I should know whether the valves are sodium cooled or stainless steel. I adjusted them to.008, and it idles at around 1500. I think what I might actually need to do is to adjust the spring attached to the carb,' oni Thank you Colin, being the second owner of this van, I guess I should know whether the valves are sodium cooled or stainless steel.

I adjusted them to.008, and it idles at around 1500. I think what I might actually need to do is to adjust the spring attached to the carb,’

oni

]]> By: Colin http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-99 Colin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:02:03 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-99 The 74 bus engine had one-year-only sodium cooled exhaust valves which needed to be adjusted to .008" clearance. Most of these have been removed in the ensuing years due to their expense, and the replacement stainless steel valves should be adjusted to .006" No air-cooled VW has .012" clearances as posited above. Colin The 74 bus engine had one-year-only sodium cooled exhaust valves which needed to be adjusted to .008″ clearance. Most of these have been removed in the ensuing years due to their expense, and the replacement stainless steel valves should be adjusted to .006″ No air-cooled VW has .012″ clearances as posited above.
Colin

]]> By: Norman Pascoe http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-98 Norman Pascoe Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:07:07 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-98 Very informative site iundeed. Will add you to our links page on the cvwoc blog. Wonder if you do have an RSS feed from the site? Could add that to our Squidoo page. Notice you have a page rank of zero so, like us you need more backlinks to build popularity and visitor numbers to make your hard work worthwhile. Norman chairman Cornwall VW Owners Club Very informative site iundeed. Will add you to our links page on the cvwoc blog. Wonder if you do have an RSS feed from the site? Could add that to our Squidoo page.

Notice you have a page rank of zero so, like us you need more backlinks to build popularity and visitor numbers to make your hard work worthwhile.

Norman
chairman Cornwall VW Owners Club

]]> By: oni baba http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-91 oni baba Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:09:30 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-91 very helpful instructions-- although I'm confused as to which valves are intake and exhaust. I have a 74 transporter, 1.8 manual 4 cyl. Is the intake/exhaust order (from passenger front to passenger back and driver front to driver rear): intake-exhaust-intake-eshaust? or exhaust-intake-intake-exhaust? This matters because the manual tells me that intake should have a .008 gap and the exhaust a .012 gap. very helpful instructions– although I’m confused as to which valves are intake and exhaust. I have a 74 transporter, 1.8 manual 4 cyl.

Is the intake/exhaust order (from passenger front to passenger back and driver front to driver rear): intake-exhaust-intake-eshaust? or exhaust-intake-intake-exhaust?

This matters because the manual tells me that intake should have a .008 gap and the exhaust a .012 gap.

]]> By: Jim Martin http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/how-to-adjust-valves-air-cooled-vw-engine/#comment-88 Jim Martin Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:11:50 +0000 http://www.aircooledvwlove.com/?p=3#comment-88 If my distributor and my notch for TDC donot come together , does that mean my distributor drive gear is not in correctlly? If my distributor and my notch for TDC donot come together , does that mean my distributor drive gear is not in correctlly?

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