VANAGON archives -- August 2000, week 4 (#292)

Date:         Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:49:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
Subject:      Re: '87 Westy shudders at idle
Comments: To: Jkpvw@aol.com
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Jeff,
Was this an OEM muffler?
Or a cheapie Midas (or other chain store) muffler????
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "- Jeff & Kim Prudhoe" <Jkpvw@aol.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 7:39 PM
Subject: '87 Westy shudders at idle


> Hello all,
>
> I have recently purchased an '87 Westy with 61k.  I had a new muffler put
on
> and it immediately began to shudder at cold idle.  It seems ok once I run
it
> for awhile,  but upon a cold start the van shudders and runs very rough at
> idle.  Could there be any relation to the muffler work?  Any suggestions
> would be appreciated.
>
> Jeff
>
> '87 Westy
> '82 Westy Diesel
>

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