Can anyone help? 1.3 mk2 wont idle

Wonder if any one could help me, had some trouble today in the trip to sherringham (well half way) my 1.3 wont idle but after being stood around a while itll be fine for a matter of minutes and back to cutting out

idle control valve bud ,go on fleabay and put in idle control valve ,there is a site on there for about 55 buckeroos

it wont have a ISV as its a carb'd engine.

oh bugger i bet rixy can help he know everything

crap in the carb as you've been running it about for few months with no air filter atall! all the crap from the roads ie: salt, dust, even birds feathers etc..........

Could it be the carb playing up ? If so I got one and a new gasket kit for one, I think

Nice one cheers lad, going to get a new air filter and some carb cleaner this weekend She ran to and from work no problem but at lunch time it started playing up again :/

carb icing i'd imagine?? the carb warms up if sat idling, but when driven in this cool air, the air freezes the fuel and stops it atomising properly, and / or freezes the throttle flap, meaning loss of power / jumpy running...

check it has its proper warm air feed to the airbox from the exhaust manifold take off, and check all vacuum pipes are intactr?

failing this, could be carb gasket between carb and inlet??

or, as mal says, crap in the carb, but this is unlikely i think, as it would just swallow any crap??

I have had this before on my old 1.3... Started working when cleaned fuel lines out, i would try that too and replace fuel filters etc, also cleaning out carb would help if it has got crap in it!

I thought the same with the fuel freezing up but the carb is behind the engine ?

I know my Passat back home had that probleme but the engine was in line not transverse

doesnt matter where tha carb is, carb icing is a common think on mk2's.......

the airobx draughts freezing air straight at the carb butterfly, this is what freezes, not the fuel itself......or so im led to beluieve??

Thanks all, i tried extending to induction pipe to just behind on the headlight to stop the draft (taken from what rixys said) but still the same problem. Took apart the distribution cap and that and the rotary arm are shagged so new ones fitted tomorow

Hersee wrote:

Thanks all, i tried extending to induction pipe to just behind on the headlight to stop the draft (taken from what rixys said) but still the same problem. Took apart the distribution cap and that and the rotary arm are shagged so new ones fitted tomorow

that pipe shouldnt go anywhere near the headlight......there should eb a 2nd inlet onto the airbox lid, that comes from the eshaust manifold at the back.....

anyway, glad its sorted now, lol