Date:         Thu, 6 Jan 2000 11:13:31 -0800
Reply-To:     "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help, Vanagon sick!
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Could also be something simple like a dented gas tank (like someone tried to
lift the van by putting a jack under the gas tank) thinking it was more
solid.  Then the pickup is pushed up and what is happening is you are not
getting gas.  The slope of the van has a lot to do with the engine missing
or not.  Had the exact same type of thing happen to our van.  Nobody could
find the problem but a couple of the mechanics did mention that it looked
like someone had tried to lift the van using the gas tank.  Sure enough,
that was it.  Still have to pop the tank out (haven't had time) so for the
time being, I just don't let the tank get under 1/4.

Bill

> ----------
> From:         Stuart MacMillan[SMTP:stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM]
> Reply To:     Stuart MacMillan
> Sent:         Thursday, January 06, 2000 10:48 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: Help, Vanagon sick!
>
> Sure sounds like a fuel pump problem to me.  Pop one in for about $150
> from one of the list vendors.  Or, you can get a pressure gauge and
> measure the pressure when it acts up and see if it is in spec or not.
>
> Doran Nugent wrote:
> >
> > I was driving from Massachusetts to Seattle when
> > around South Dakota the 1990 Vanagon Automatic started
> > losing power intermittently as if running out of gas
> > momentarily then coming back on. This happened over
> > and over every few seconds to few minutes. It would
> > slow from 65 MPH down to about 30 MPH then would start
> > revving again. It was very cold at the time but that
> > may have been coincidental because the symptom
> > continued when the weather warmed to above freezing.
> >
> > Also, by applying full throttle the problem was
> > exacerbated. To get the engine to come back, I had to
> > ease up on the throttle until the engine decided to
> > come back to life then I could speed up again.
> >
> > A similar condition in a different vehicle was
> > remedied by adding "HEET" to the gas but it did not
> > work this time.
> >
> > Now I am in Seattle where the weather is temperate and
> > the problem seems to have gone away for the most part.
> > It still happens, though rarely. I'd like to know the
> > cause and how I could prevent it from happening
> > again...Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Doran '90 Weekender as yet unnamed.
> >
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