We have a 73 Super Beetle that will start and run through its warm up and when it gets to its idle will stop. Any idea what to check first? Already cleaned the carburator

Asked by angel5822 May 21, 2013 at 09:38 AM about the 1973 Volkswagen Beetle

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Have also adjusted the throttle to both extremes. Haven't been able to drive it for awhile so it has bee sitting in a garage

angel5822 answered 10 years ago

Atleast a year if not more. How do you go about gettting it out and replacing?

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