Date:         Tue, 9 May 2000 20:36:13 EDT
Reply-To:     Vgonman@AOL.COM
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From:         Sean Birkner <Vgonman@AOL.COM>
Subject:      wierd startup problem
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Hey volks,
     My bus was getting bad gas mileage (12-13mpg) so I took it to my
mechanic to have the mixture checked. He said it was rich. He leaned out the
mixture and also popped the cover off the AFM (which I had done 6 months ago
to clean it) and (I assume) moved the wiper arm to a new track.
     Now, when I first start it up, it runs like crap. If I just give it some
gas, that doesn't help any. However, if I can get the bus moving (it's an
automatic) and the RPMs up to approx. 3000 It then runs like a dream until I
shut it off again. Engine and air temp don't seem to have anything to do with
it because I can be driving for an hour, shut the bus off ant restart 5 min
later and have the same thing happen. I just got a digitool installed (after
the hard starting showed up) and all the LEDs seem to be going fine, but I am
not proficient enough yet at reading the voltage values vs. what they should
be to see if there's a problem there. Please help.

Sean B.
'90 V'gon, "Happy Bus"
http://home.earthlink.net/~vgonman