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So no real info apart from the SU carbs were worn and I was advised to do a 4 chamber hollie carb conversion and it worked a treat! Such a relief after 2 and a half years of agro! Happy days!

Hello all. Turns out the SU’s needed to be chucked over the fence. New manifold, and a Hollie carb has solved the problem! Thank you to everyone who has contributed here, plus my other threads with my theories of fuel pumps, electronic ignition etc! Finally I can drive it and it really pulls...

Done.

Hi No I haven't but it won't be long coz I'm at the end of my tether with this vehicle! Got a fueling issue ( i think ) now. Runs lovely on tick over, drives for about 40 mins and then starts farting about. Then breaks down! I'm fitting a fuel preassure guage this weekend but after that my...

Thank you guys. P.

Hi I mean the metal timing arrow thing could possibly be from the 2.5 petrol original, engine not the pulley itself.

Hello all. Just trying to time my v8 on a s3. I'm wondering if the metal arrow timing marker that corresponds with timing marks on the pulley is irrelevant as it would have possibly been tthe marker for the original 2.5, four cylinder engine? If so how best to time the v8, by ear/trial and...

It fired up lovely and drove me from the point I abandoned it back to my house which was all of 500 yards! Hopefully I'll get to give it a proper test drive today. Bit scared tbh! 😱

That is genius! :)

Several break downs later and finally an intermittent fault became permanent. Which helped me to detect it. So no fuel supply. Whipped out the pump, took it apart and was totally blocked up with tank rust!

You are a legend. I feel a pint coming on!

Wow! That is amazing. Thank you so much for your dogged detrrmination to get to get to this. I have just got home so haven't had time to read through the whole thread yet, but to see that photo brought a broad smile to my face after a hard day! Is that a (already mentioned) mig welder tip fitted...

Yes that's what I'm thinking. The black pipe is just that ie pipe, but I'll take another look at the thread on the other side over the weekend. I've just ordered an amal main jet off ebay for a couple of quid and hopefully work around that.

Thanks. I did take it off at that point to see if there was anything in there but no.

That should say return to tank pipe.

First photo shows the fuel supply in and supply off to the left to 2nd carb. 2nd photo shows supply coming over from firs carb and the return to take pipe.

Excellent idea. I have plenty of them in the shed too. Photos to follow when I get home from work tonight. Cheers for sticking with me!

That's a good idea too. I think the newly overhauled carbs are so efficient now that the fuel is by passing them and pumping straight back down the return and back to the tank. Path of least resistance sort of thing.

Doesn't seem to be.

So the feeling of ecstasy was short lived. But it makes sense. The removal of the screw blocking the fuel return now leaves insufficient pressure. Although it ticks over fine and no longer overflows, a test drive showed that it doesn't pull under load now. Huffing, puffing, farting, hissing...