<VV> My Bad Corvair Story

[Ulli Dittmar]

Hello Mark,

your story does read like my story - I have overhauled my engine and every little symptom is the same as yours.
Can not get idle under 950, bad acceleration, not much power at 3500 and up... (can not go faster than 4000 rpm´s)

I do have a corsa with the matching 180hp turbo engine. But, I just checked the engine, I can not find any pcv valve on my engine.
Do you know if I have one or where it should be located. I know I should try to get a shop manual but it is hard to find one for the turbo engine.

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

Regards from Germany

Ulli the Ba-Vair-ian

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61 Monza 900 Sedan
65 Monza 110 Coupe
66 Corsa Convertible
86 Porsche 356 Speedster Kit Car
91 Porsche 964, C4
90 Porsche 964, C4
62 VW Split Window Bus
65 VW Split Window Bus

Am 19.10.2012 um 01:26 schrieb Mark Durham:

> Like some others, my car has run but not real well, ever since I overhauled
> the engine. There have been backfiring, weak idle, poor mixture adjustment,
> timing wander, an intermittent miss, and poor starting. It seemed that
> every time I made an adjustment, the symptoms would change, and I could not
> get the car to idle below 850 rpm.
> The carbs had been replaced as a part of the overhaul, so i went thru them
> again,  the distributer was replaced, a colder set of spark plugs
> installed, cap, rotor and wires checked, replaced points with a pertronix
> unit. I found a NOS advance for it.  I sprayed starter fluid around carb
> bases and the balance tube connections for leaks, found none. I thought I
> had gone crazy! I poured over tech notes and forum talks, to no avail.
> Bad Corvair turned into good Corvair when I finally removed the pcv valve (
> I had tightened the clamps on it several times) and capped the line with a
> bolt.
> I've never had a pcv fail. The engine was sucking air like crazy thru it.
> Now the engine idles nicely, and with all parameters set, drives like it
> should. Total cost, hundreds, real cost to fix, 4.89 at NAPA.
> Mark Durham
> 
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