New to the forums...

Just bought my first Bug about a month ago from a neighbor. They let it sit for 14 years.

Paid $50 for it. Sprayed some carb cleaner in it and put a battery in it. It started right up! Rebuilt the carb and replaced the spark plugs and wires. Car ran beautifully after that. Went to go start it the next afternoon to get tires and an oil change done to it and it wouldnt start at all.

It started with not getting any fuel. Moved onto not gettting any spark. I figured the spark issue out. I had left the key key on and it burned up the coil and the points. Got the fuel problem fixed by replacing the mesh screen in the gas tank and blowing air through the fuel line to blow all the crap out of it.

So the car ran after all that but idle kind of high. Took it for a spin a couple times around the block and it started stalling everytime I took my foot off the gas.

Now the car doesnt idle at all now. Read up on it a little bit and found that it maybe a vacuum leak of some kind. But also was told that it may be the solenoid on the side of the carb.

My question is, where are the most common places for them to get vacuum leaks, so I can get the cheaper fixes done first?

 

I know there arent too many place that there can be vacuum leaks on the car but I would like to get this thing running properly so I can get it through emissions. I need to start driving it to work so I can get some money together to rebuild the engine in my SRT. After that I am gonna work on a restoration on the bug!

 

Hi Frank! Just wanted to welcome you to the forum. Unfortunately I can not help you with your problem. Hope you will manage to find an answer though!

 

Thank you... I am slowly going through everything to find the problem.

 

Welcome to the forum, dont hesitate to ask anything concerning Automobile related stuff!