Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:38:13 -0800
Reply-To:     David Greenland <dave.g@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Greenland <dave.g@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Throttle Body Problems
Comments: To: KENWILFY@aol.com
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I just replaced mine on my '91 2.1

The problem was that in my old throttle body the butterfly is hinged on some
kind of plastic/nylon shaft that goes all the way through to the throttle
switch.

this shaft wore out, and the butterfly started catching on the inside of the
TB and made a groove in there and started binding up.

The replacement I got from a kind list member has a metal shaft going all
the way through.

I can only guess that the people with problems have the plastic/nylon shaft
instead of a metal one.

-could be wrong though..

Dave,
91 westy,
Napa, CA



on 1/21/00 5:28 AM, KENWILFY@AOL.COM at KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:

> I have been getting some rather strange calls lately.  About once every two
> weeks someone calls needing a new throttle body for their van.  1.9l and
> 2.1l.  They say their old one is worn out and is causing problems.  Is this a
> normal thing?  Have our vans just passed into this stage of deterioration?
> What would cause a throttle body to go bad (dirt coming past the filter?)?
>
> Anyone have any spare Vanagon Throttle Bodies sitting around they want to
> sell?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> http://www.vanagain.com
> John 3:16
> Office (856)-765-1583
> Shop (856)-327-0027
> Fax   (856)-327-2242