71 Dual Port Porous Manifold Boots?
- vwlover77
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71 Dual Port Porous Manifold Boots?
71 Beetle - 1600 dual-port with 34PICT3 Carb....
Both manifold boots are only a couple of years old and are the supposedly-good red ones.
Both of them are coated with a dark, tacky residue that smells like gasoline if wiped off. Neither of them appears to be cracked or brittle.
Does the fuel-air mixture "soak through" the material over time? Should I replace them immediately, or not worry about them (yet)?
Both manifold boots are only a couple of years old and are the supposedly-good red ones.
Both of them are coated with a dark, tacky residue that smells like gasoline if wiped off. Neither of them appears to be cracked or brittle.
Does the fuel-air mixture "soak through" the material over time? Should I replace them immediately, or not worry about them (yet)?
Don
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
- Amskeptic
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- vwlover77
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Done! A little carb cleaner instantly dissolved the gook. The clamps were a bit loose. I guess maybe the boots shrunk a bit from new? I will monitor the situation as you suggest.
Don
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
- Amskeptic
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Your monitor period has recently expired. Did the goop return?vwlover77 wrote:Done! A little carb cleaner instantly dissolved the gook. The clamps were a bit loose. I guess maybe the boots shrunk a bit from new? I will monitor the situation as you suggest.
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- vwlover77
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Yes!Amskeptic wrote:Your monitor period has recently expired. Did the goop return?vwlover77 wrote:Done! A little carb cleaner instantly dissolved the gook. The clamps were a bit loose. I guess maybe the boots shrunk a bit from new? I will monitor the situation as you suggest.
Your Itinerant Technical Forum Editor
Don
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
- keifernet
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After finding a source for them I now use and prefer the original VW made BLACK intake boots. Seems there is now 3 or 4 different versions of what "used to be" the GOOD red "silicone" style boots that are clones or really are not worth a s**t in the material they are made of. ( read swelling, cracking, shrinking and leaking POS'S )
There are some cheap ass black boots as well. The good black boots come with the VW /Audi logo still stamped on them. At least the few dozen I have ordered as recently as a couple months ago.
There are some cheap ass black boots as well. The good black boots come with the VW /Audi logo still stamped on them. At least the few dozen I have ordered as recently as a couple months ago.
- Amskeptic
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Please chase down your good source and put it in the Parts Known To Be Good sticky, capitalize the partkeifernet wrote:After finding a source for them I now use and prefer the original VW made BLACK intake boots. Seems there is now 3 or 4 different versions of what "used to be" the GOOD red "silicone" style boots that are clones or really are not worth a s**t in the material they are made of. ( read swelling, cracking, shrinking and leaking POS'S )
There are some cheap ass black boots as well. The good black boots come with the VW /Audi logo still stamped on them. At least the few dozen I have ordered as recently as a couple months ago.
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And, please go to the Belatedly Discovered Junk sticky and do the same with your strike-out vendors.
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles