Wartburg 311 HT/ car won't start

[hastonandrew2]

u need ur carburetor adjusted

[pitwalk59]

all oldtimer and the people to have this to drive and to repair and to give it to the next generation are very lucky persons.

[waddlerobloxxxx]

communism again

[blindmotorhead]

All right, I'm not trying to be rude, but why on earth would you give this car up? Price must have been right, I'd give anything for one.

[cNcFalc]

@blindmotorhead

It simply blocked a large area of the garage. Unfortunatelly nobody of our family had the time to bringt the car back on the road. It takes too much time to do all the nescessary repairs. Anyway, it was not easy to give that car in some others hands for my dad.

[mrjimhoward]

I had a Wartburg for 5 years. Fab car ! Never let me down at all.

[Chaos3838]

Ich hätte den Wartburg nicht verkauft ;)

Der SW-Effekt passt wirklich total gut und die DDR-Hymne erzeugt eine klasse Atmosphäre!

Top Video :)

[homosapiensgraecus]

My father had a Wartburg 311 from 1964 till 2007. Our car mechanic was a hero, to support it for an extra 20 years after the factory's closing...

[paracite187]

mann mann schönes fahrzeug. der 313 sport ist ein traum !

[JBofBrisbane]

A Wartburg that doesn't start? That's probably a good thiing...

[NJFordPops08005]

The music is great, but I'd like to hear more cranking LOL

[Pogojunky]

die hymne dazu  XD

vorallem die strophe "auferstanden aus ruinen"

5*

[XXjanXX44]

Is das nich dreizilynder 2-takt

[wohlbeleibt1200]

Auspuff und Zündkerzen entkohlen, dann sollte er laufen :-)

[BMW620]

and don't forget about making the carburetor clean either ;)

[rcjg24]

coulda done without the music

[Crampfclops]

Könnte am Motor liegen.

[BansheeBLN]

Hm da kann was dran sein. Wenn der Motor nicht anspringt, daß es am Motor liegen könnte. Jo. Ganz schön clever. ;)

[triangletrexx]

Quatsch, das liegt am Winkel der Sonneneinstrahlung und der Vergaserinnenbeleuchtung.

[manfred05]

Wartburg 4ever!

[sumixSTYXX]

It's a very nice car! I'd love to own such oldtimer :)

[tomashcu60]

did you change the gas?? or the spark plugs or anything? and a two stroke... AWESOME is it loud?

[asswiipe]

okay. Whatever.

[asswiipe]

ten years of not starting, so why would you post a not starting video, when it dose start.

[cNcFalc]

i'll tell you sth:

first:

posting 4 comments in a row is stupid!

second: posting useless comments is stupid as well

finally: i posted this vid because of common interest! read the other comments!

[WileECoyote383]

You seem unusually sensitive about you're wartburg. Thats kind of creepy. Also, why is the radiator mounted in that weird position?

[gergely007]

Look, man this is a simple car like a wedge. U cant screw up with a little repair, 1st change the sparks to new isolator, 2nd clean the carburettor, 3rd check the ignition timing, and after clean the whole petrol system from the gas tank. Maybe the compression not enough, and engine need some cleaning at the cylinder-head. But this cant be give a hard lesson for the owner.

Anyway I never seen before a convertible edition of this car, exellent!

[Wankelraser]

Excuse my bad english

I cab explain the position of the radiator. Th first wartburgs didn't have a waterpump. The cooling water circulates by a naturally effekt. The cold water enters the bottom of the cylinders, gets heated and gets ighter. So it goes upwards to the cylinderhead , then to the top of the radiator. Not it gets colder an so heavier. So it gos down throug the radiator and back to the bottom of the cylinders. For this effekt the radiator needs to be higher then the engine. see next.

[Wankelraser]

But the shape of the bonnet allows an radiotor positio higher than the engine only behind the engine. If you want to fit it before the engine you have to change the shape of the bonnet.

The physical effet, that lets the coolant circulate is similiary to the effect of an lava-lamp. In germany we call it the thermosyphon effekt. Later Wartburgs were equipped with an waterpump, but they didn't change the radiator.If the radiator isn't jammed by limescale problems with overheating are unknown .

[asswiipe]

so ten years od not starting, well it did start start in this video. lol!

[asswiipe]

i think this video is stupid.

[asswiipe]

so if it starts, what are your post a won't start video?

[weirdstuffanimation6]

you have a point the title should be Wartburg 311 HT starts after 10 years

[Smacked980]

Did you build the car yourself out of bailing wire, tin cans and duct tape or did you buy it like that?

[cNcFalc]

this car is about 50 Years old! eveything is stock!

so stfu and increase your knowlegde of old cars instead of posting stupid comments

[Smacked980]

I know quite a bit about old cars. I used to build old hot rods. I have a 1970 Dodge Challeger I did a complete ground up restoration on worth about $67,000. That still doesn't answer my question of why someone stuck that radioator in that rediculous spot.

[Smacked980]

radiator

[Smacked980]

One of my best friends has a 1923 Model T show car. It's radiator is right in front of the engine where it should be. It's a little older than 50 years, lol.

[cNcFalc]

sorry, but u have to ask this question to the designer of the Wartbourg 311 series. Nobody moved the radiator, it is on its stock position

[grbquattro]

@Smacked980 What makes you think the radiator should be in front of the engine? There is no rule as far as I know.

In this application, I had no problem with the radiator in its position, worked great, and I wasn't afraid that any minor crash would break it.

[Predember]

ja.

[cNcFalc]

stock!

watch older comments, question already answerd.

[trabitrabolt]

WARTBURG POWER is off theses days XD

[tomashcu60]

flat tyres

[maddawg345]

i tell you what that is a nice car though i have to hand it to u

[rcjg24]

drove*

[rcjg24]

i knew fat ppl frove shitty small cars. lol

[cNcFalc]

very usefull comment, thx a lot! XD

[highron]

fule pump

[Thorkrieger]

no, it was the caraburator.....

[cNcFalc]

thats it

[grbquattro]

Yep, seems like the carburetor, but I was wondering, was the choke pulled all the way? Anyway, it ran good once it got going, since there wasn't much smoke. When my 312 was running bad, it left smoke like an F1 car after blowing the engine. Had to stop and get the dirt out of the carburetor.

Just curios, did the 61 have the freilauf ?

[AK47jt]

well i would say give it a rebuild

[cNcFalc]

we sold the car ;) ...no time

[maddawg345]

what year is it?

[cNcFalc]

frame: ~1961

engine: don't know, maybe 1970, its from a 353

seriesparts: convertible fenders, hood, grill etc. are exchange parts (complete convertible bodykit) ca. 1975

[tomp64]

I like it. Not a lot of Wartburgs around in Canada. Getting a car running after a long time is the same good feeling anywhere.

[cNcFalc]

exactly!

it is!

[InfiniteMushroom]

What a terrible place to put the radiator. Very bad design flaw. It would be a good idea to put an electric fan behind the grille to pull in cooler air.

[cNcFalc]

the most useless comment ever

[InfiniteMushroom]

Not useless at all! It is a legitimate comment on what is prominently displayed in the first 30 seconds! The radiator's location is clearly unusual and my comment is appropriate to what is being shown.

[cNcFalc]

the radiator is behind the engine, theres no space in front. and the (mechanical) fan can push air trough the radiator, thats all. no need of putting a fan behind the radiator or something like that. this installation is approved in diffrent wartburg series over many years.

[MaximPPP]

It is a good location for the radiator - when U have small accident :) Many years ago my father had a bump driving Wartburg 353 (newer type of Wartburg). The radiator wasn't damaged and the car could go farther on its own. Next my father repaired the car and we travelled by it for next years. Good memories :)

[szptorii]

how much is that?:D

[Bletrt]

Don't be so cruel to that car... I was having one for the last 25 years (my father lol :))

[mun2cat]

i know heart gas not pull in

[asswiipe]

if you do, will you get back to me?

[asswiipe]

Say, are you interested in doing female car cranking vidoes?

[cNcFalc]

lol, not yet ;)

[trabant601k]

So ein schoenes Stueck...! Gratulation und Guresse aus Italien!

[cNcFalc]

danke! wir haben ihn aber verkauft, da die sich eine restauration für uns als zu zeitintensiv herrausstellte

[januk67]

Was für ein Lied ist das? Ich habe es schon irgendwo gehört!

[cNcFalc]

soll das 'nen scherz sein? das ist die nationalhymne der ddr ;)

[jateus]

Beauty

[skodas]

has it been serviced ?

[cNcFalc]

no...it is sold now...

but the only problem was there was no fuel in the carburetor...

[plyrgheorghe]

Mein Großvater hat ein Wartburg :D

[Thorkrieger]

haste schön gemacht; stefan! ;)