'64 beetle not starting up

1964 beetle with a worn out solenoid, as it wont start up when the engine is hot. Here you can see me trying a couple of times.. *******car has been fixed*****

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Autos & Vehicles

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• volkswagen
• VW
• beetle
• käfer
• kupla

[djsb199213d]

i think you just drowned the engine in gasoline. plain and simple.

just seeing as you go full throttle to turn it on and all. you even went full throttle before turning the key.

[osc8]

@djsb199213d Thanks for your comment, it was a stock 1600 engine with stock carburator, i've come to understood that this is the proper way to start up the engine? Never had any flooding problems whatsoever with this way. Anyhow as i've mentioned earlier, you should be able to hear from the video that the starter did not crank the engine continously, but only for a brief moment. After the starter was replaced, problem was fixed.

[Puigaebeltrano]

hi dude, a some time ago i had a 1994 BUG (Brazillian version) with 1600 aircooled Ferdinand-Four engine, and it always bust the starter solenoid, but i never found the problem, so i have stripped all the engine and saw a little oil leakage, on the rear of flywheel, i just fixed it, and the starter never broke again. i like your bug, sorry about my bad english i'm brazillian

[osc8]

@Puigaebeltrano Thanks for you comment, i'll have to keep this in mind if problems arise again.

[a5e26]

i like your car

[osc8]

Cheers mate..

[starbster]

dude my 63 1300 was the same i tried to turn it and im only 11 years old and i can drive a car but i found the problem screwed coil

[zxner]

seems same prob with mine months ago - a faulty ignition coil.

[navajopa31]

@osc8 You cannot flood the VW with the original carb unless you push the pedal down a lot of times. When you push down the pedal the accelerator pump squirts a stream of gas into the carb throat to start the car and sets the automatic choke. Normally a well tuned VW will start and run if you press the pedal down once and remove your foot. One bad thing about the VW is if the fuel pump diaphram get a hole in it the fuel will go into the case an dilute the oil and burn up the engine.

[navajopa31]

@walkbyfaiths When ever the points do not have a smooth surface (One side has a small crater and the other has a small pointed raised area) it means that the condenser in the distributor is weak or going bad. The little battery looking thing is the condenser. Normally they were made with an aluminum outer shell and held in by a round band with one screw. Whenever the points are pitted change the condenser. I worked on a lot of them back in the day.

[lolpizowned]

@osc8 Had the same problem on my 70...just switched out the starter and i dont even have to pump the gas in the beginning =D

[djsb199213d]

@osc8 i see. cool then that it got fixed. :D i usually go back and forth with the pedal instead of going flat to prevent flooding.

[queensplazasouth]

@hehmtube no, new cars are easier to troubleshoot.

[Aleksa809]

i believe its the bendix,not the solenoid