Date:         Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:43:58 -0600
Reply-To:     Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@POWERSURFR.COM>
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From:         Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@POWERSURFR.COM>
Subject:      Re: 84 Westy bucking
Comments: To: ThreeHartz@AOL.COM
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Hi Ken,

I had the same problem last year.  On the good advice of our list-members,
I cleaned  the track of the AFM meter, installed the cheap "capacitor"  fix,
and since I was replacing the collector pipe, replaced the O2 sensor as
well.  I did these 3 things without testing which individual "fix" caused
the bucking to stop.  The van has been running beautifully ever since, not a
hiccup for a year and a half now.  (Fahrvergnuegen!)
There is a lot of information in the archives on how to do these fixes.
Of course, something else may cause your bucking.  What I did was cheap and
might be worth a try.

Alfred
85 Westy

<Subject: 84 Westy bucking


> My folks are visiting from the east coast.  They have an 84 Westy 4spd
with
> approx. 130K miles, original almost everything.  When driving at a steady
> pace, the engine seems fine.  When decelerating, the engine bucks.
Bucking
> stops on acceleration.
> Ken Hartz