There are two things that can cause it. The most likely one is timing too retarded. The other is an exhaust leak. Since your car is fuel injected, you probably have the Exhaust Gas Recirculation system hooked up, and this is where most of the backfire-causing exhaust leaks come from. So it's probably timing.
Sounds like it's out of timing.
1965 to 1979 is the same.
1979
Yes, the hoods from 1968 to 1979 will all interchange.
The only 1979 super beetle model was the convertible.
1979
it is under the back seat
On my 79 Fuel Injected Beetle the oil filter is a screen located underneath the engine.
The last year of the production of the VW Beetle was 1979 and they were all convertiblesthat year.
usually under the back seat.
no it will not...
Supplies power to the fuel pump.