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1.3 1990 MK2

Hey Guys!

Wondering if anyone can help or point me in the right direction, I have a 1990 MK2 golf 1.3 that has been sat for 10 years, managed to get it started after doing a service on it, every time I get it started and give it some acceleration it bogs down and cuts out, ive been told it would be easier just to replace it with a Weber card instead as it will have less issues, any ideas what one I need exactly, if anyone can help it would be appreciated 

Re: 1.3 1990 MK2

Reply #1 –
Hi.  I'm less familiar with the carb in the 1.3l, but there are some useful videos on how to rebuild the stock carb, and there are gaskets sets available.  Its a lot simpler than the one in the 1.6!  If its sat for 10 years, I would expect the carb to be full of crap, so its worth at least taking the top off it, and giving it a good clean with carb cleaner and blasting through all the passages with compressed air.  If you dont have a compressor, just buy an aerosol of compressed air off amazon.
 

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Reply #3 –
I'm personally half way through this topic myself. I'm £300 in to my carb on the Jetta. we have all been aware for years the peirburg is trouble. How ever after chatting with a couple of different mechanics. One that worked a lot on these carbs while working at a karmann restoration place "thou not strictly just them". Well he reassured me that getting a full rebuild kit, ultra sonic cleaner on the parts. it would be fine an working like new. That was true for all of 5 mins really. I've been back and forth a few times having it adjusted, as the idle and auto choke just love doing there own thing after a couple of hundred miles.

Talking again in recent times with him, Has now said if it plays up again just chuck a webber at it, or start the whole process again this time paying for the complete service to be carried out. Which after investing over half the value of a new webber. well you can guess its a bitter pill to swallow.

So long story short. I knew them carbs was a pain, we all know there a pain. I'm 300 deep on the carb now. Meaning the actual end bill, will now be £1000 if I act now. How ever I don't do mega miles, MOT in October, I may just wait


But I must add. I'm not a professional, I may of not cleaned the carb enough, I may of not done the carb rebuild correctly. There for I may well be the cause of the issues afterward the event "thou identical still". My story certainly is not the same as both mechanics claimed, as they both said a rebuild, ultra sonic clean, will cure it

But needless to say, I'm not investing any more money or time on the pierburg

Re: 1.3 1990 MK2

Reply #4 –
Quote from: mintysgt on
I'm personally half way through this topic myself. I'm £300 in to my carb on the Jetta. we have all been aware for years the peirburg is trouble. How ever after chatting with a couple of different mechanics. One that worked a lot on these carbs while working at a karmann restoration place "thou not strictly just them". Well he reassured me that getting a full rebuild kit, ultra sonic cleaner on the parts. it would be fine an working like new. That was true for all of 5 mins really. I've been back and forth a few times having it adjusted, as the idle and auto choke just love doing there own thing after a couple of hundred miles.

Talking again in recent times with him, Has now said if it plays up again just chuck a webber at it, or start the whole process again this time paying for the complete service to be carried out. Which after investing over half the value of a new webber. well you can guess its a bitter pill to swallow.

So long story short. I knew them carbs was a pain, we all know there a pain. I'm 300 deep on the carb now. Meaning the actual end bill, will now be £1000 if I act now. How ever I don't do mega miles, MOT in October, I may just wait


But I must add. I'm not a professional, I may of not cleaned the carb enough, I may of not done the carb rebuild correctly. There for I may well be the cause of the issues afterward the event "thou identical still". My story certainly is not the same as both mechanics claimed, as they both said a rebuild, ultra sonic clean, will cure it

But needless to say, I'm not investing any more money or time on the pierburg


Has your jetta got the 1.3 engine or a 1.6/1.8l?