Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:19:45 -0400
Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@bulley-hewlett.com>
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From: Bulley <gmbulley@bulley-hewlett.com>
Subject: Re: $300 reward for advice
And Troy makes yet another fuel-metering related point.
A vacuum-related leak can cause a myriad of failings. Vacuum leaks can be
tough to find for a non-dedicated novice mechanic...but with a can of
carbuator cleaner, you can find a leak...
Get the van running "normally" (post start-fail-restart). Use the
carburetor cleaner to spray each of the vacuum tubes/joints sequentially.
Wherever a tube meets a joint is usually the most suspect place. Spray
there, and listen to the idle. When you hit a leaking joint, you will hear
a change in the idle, often UP in idle. You must repair/replace the suspect
fitting.
It is surprising how a small leak can cause a large problem, but your
fuel-metering system works on the assumption that ALL (I repeat ALL) air
entering the combustion chamber has gone through the air flow meter (AFM)
just aft of the air cleaner.
Good catch, Troy.
G. Matthew Bulley, Principal Consultant
Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications
Mount Olive, NC USA
877.658.1278 Tollfree
www.bulley-hewlett.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Crivellone [SMTP:cherrydad@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 8:02 PM
To: Bulley
Subject: Re: $300 reward for advice
this is going to be a long shot, but... there is a
hiose running from a horn looking thing in the engine
compartment. The hose runs to an L shaped black tube
about the size of a quarter. The tube connects the
hose to the engine block itself. My vanagon has a
similar problem. On mine you start the van, it dies,
start it again and rev for a sec and your off. You
might wanna check that tube, cause mine was broken and
it didn't deliver whatever is going through that hose.
The hose is a clear one, mine has a kind of carpet
like sheet over it and there is a metal end to it that
connects to that black tube.
Troy
8930 N. Columbia Blvd
Portland, OR 97203
'80 vanagon camper.
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