Aircooled VW South Africa

John Alves wrote:

Tony Z wrote: you could prob use deodorant if you wanted, .

Doom also works, but that kills bugs dead

Whahahahaaaaa!!!

Is there an easy quick way on how to repair that leaks

the quickest easiest way is to fix it properly. Otherwise you will be patching your patches for years.

Its cheaper and quicker to do it right once than to do it wrong twice

Can that leaks have caused damage

leaks make the engine run lean.
Running lean will eventually destroy the engine - sometimes slowly, sometimes in seconds...

Because I think one of the bolts is stripped where the intake manifold goes into the head. Would this cause a vacuum leak or not??

yes it would

Must I take the engine out to repair that, or can I repair it, while it is in the car

that you will have to decide for yourself. I would pull the engine out

Would it be easy to take the engine out, and how long wil it take me

start a new thread, this topic has gone from vac leaks to removing the engine

Thanks for the advise- experience often solves a problem faster than fiddling about and wasting time

For air leak check, try this:

Take of taperd covers.
Turn engine until valves are closed (cams rocking )

Take of carb
Place air pressure nozzle from compressor at inlet manifold, and blow air in, (sealing between nozzle and manifold with cloth or prestik) you will hear exactly where it is leaking. If there is no leaks, it will keep the pressure, and blow back when you release.

No guessing, works perfectly.

Hi, can a vacuum leak cause a acceleration stumble/hesitation at low rpm, say 1800 - 2000rpm?

it is possible, but you have a centermount dellorto carb, so its probably jetting issues.