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| 1972 914 2.0 |
 Nov 26 2015, 12:42 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 9-December 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,745 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
This may sound like an odd and silly question but here it goes:
How do I know if my 914 is overheating? I just rebuilt the motor over the summer: 2.0L, Euro pistons/cylinders, mild WebCam, new bearings throughout, rebuilt heads, Weber 40s, running 20W-50 Valvoline conventional. Its a 72 914 with no gauge or anything to indicate temperature. The reason I ask this question is I've been having some rough running issues lately (past week or two). Before that the car was running an absolute treat. Symptoms: rough running, hesitant, irregular idle, and it wont rev smoothly. I think its ignition (just ordered new distributor, coil, and pertronix yesterday) or fuel. The reason I think its overheating is it seems to run fine for the first 10ish minutes I drive it runs fine and even warms up fine. And then its like a switch is flicked: I put up to a stop sign or change gear and it starts running like shite. Either way I'm changing the ignition components but if its over heating then I don't want to drive it until figure that out. So heres a conundrum for all you teener-heads to ponder while you sneak off to the garage to avoid your relatives on this beautiful holiday. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hide.gif) Oh and Happy Thanksgiving! |
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| r_towle |
Nov 26 2015, 09:35 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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How old is the distributor?
Ever been taken apart and cleaned, then re greased? Does the rotor move by hand easily? You can wait until you replace it, but you could also search here for a thread. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=70988&hl= |
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| 1972 914 2.0 |
Nov 27 2015, 07:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 9-December 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,745 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Nov 26 2015, 08:35 PM)  How old is the distributor? Ever been taken apart and cleaned, then re greased? Does the rotor move by hand easily? You can wait until you replace it, but you could also search here for a thread. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=70988&hl= Its the Bosch 009 unit, if its not original then its very old. It probably needs to be taken apart The rotor moves by hand but there seems to be a fair amount of play in the shaft |
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