# 72 vw stalling **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/72-vw-stalling/21727 "2008-11-06T17:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wbahney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@wbahney](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wbahney)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/72-vw-stalling/21727/1 "2008-11-06T17:07:36Z")
I have a 72 vw that runs great untill I come to a stop. I have to keep feathering the gas pedal or it will stall. any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/72-vw-stalling/21727/2 "2008-11-06T17:11:05Z")
Isn’t there an idle speed adjustment on the carburetor? What model VW are we talking about, and is the ignition timing set correctly? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/72-vw-stalling/21727/3 "2008-11-06T17:14:27Z")
It could be one of several things, and I’m assuming you’re talking about a Beetle? One is the possibility of split intake boots since this car should have a dual port motor in it. Two is either a faulty Idle solenoid on the carburetor or lack of power to that solenoid to make it operate. (It’s the little cylinder with a wire attached. With the key on disconnect the wire and touch it to the solenoid terminal a couple of times. You should hear it click every time.) Three is the possibility of the ignition points starting to close up. Four is the possibility of a plugged idle circuit in the carburetor (time for a carb overhaul). None of this is major at all and hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/72-vw-stalling/21727/4 "2008-11-06T19:57:32Z")
Or that electro-jet could just be loose. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/72-vw-stalling/21727/5 "2008-11-06T21:26:58Z")
What transmission? The semiautomatics of that time in many VWs had a habit of messing really bad with the vacuum system and could cause this kind of problem, especially if there was any kind of leak in the vacuum system.