what are peoples thoughts

I bought an engine a few months ago advertised as needs rebuild, got time today to have a look at it,the flywheel will turn about half a turn, I popped the valve covers and the valves all move freely what are peoples thoughts may be the problem its a type 4 1800

 

Is this why it needs a rebuild?, did you know about the restricted movement?

 

Wd 40 down the plug holes , gently turn back n forth noting if it goes further each time , I would expect it is slightly rusty bores I’ve got plenty running like that without a strip down

 

Has it got a distributor fitted ? If not the dissy drive might be jamming and killing the brass gear

 

Whip the plugs out and make sure their are no obstructions.
Wd40 is actually surprisingly good for this as other typed. Meths is also not bad as it evaporates faster but has less and I mean a lot less lube in it.
Clunk means something is stuck
Scraping noise means it rings on the barrel

 

Has it been apart recently?

 

Have you tried turning it off, and then back on again?

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and....meths tastes better than wd40..

 

while you have the engine out its easy to work on
take the heads and Barrels off and inspect the bores for wear and check the rings and little ends for play
drop the sump off and check the crank and big ends for wear!! couple of hours work
if its been advertised as needing a rebuild you will soon see what needs sorting IMHO
if you bodge it up and run it you will end up stripping it down anyway.

 

emm... Have you done this before?

 

Don't forget new sump gasket

 

Ha Ha yes mostly rebuild classic motorcycle engines but used to own a Beetle a while back and refurbed the engine on that among others

 

One of the problems with what you suggest is that the VW engine doesn’t have a removeable sump.

 

Sorry my Bad you would have to split the crankcases to inspect the big end and crank DOH !!
The point I was trying to make was it's not a good idea to try and run an engine without finding out what is wrong with it

 

Possible ingest of object nut ,bolt sat on a piston ..

 

no distributer fitted, will look at this

 

dosnt look to have been apart recently

 

didnt know anything about condition,got it for a great price,to good to walk away from