Gary, My van has just started some intermitten sputtering and missing. It idles OK and Wide Open Throttle is OK but in between after it warms up it would sputter and hickup and looked like a complete fuel cut-off. Like I said it is intermittent and the last 5 days it has been running great, as a Syncro should in the winter. I'm in Rochester New York, and the road dept. loves to spray as much salt as possible around here. So your analysis and conclusion of salt getting in the wiring and causing a short is an excellent place to start and clean the terminals. It just makes sense since that damn salt gets in everywhere and crystalizes from the mist off the road. Cheers, Joel 89 Syncro Westy Roachester NY
--- Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM> wrote: > I'm not sure where you live, but we just experienced pretty much > the same > thing on our '88. Turns out it is related to winter and the salt > on the > roads. The high tension lead from the coil to the distributor was > laying > against several good grounds. There were slight worn areas in the > insulation. Add salt, and presto: short out. I repositioned the > lead, > cleaned it, covered it with silicone spray, and the problem is > gone. Seems > odd, but our tach did not miss a beat either. I'll be replacing the > wires > soon. > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paolo <got_art@TELIS.ORG> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 6:26 PM > Subject: hesitations/AFm vs. harness > > > > Dec 25, 2000 > > 3:21 PM PST > > Hello all, > > Well I'm not sure to replace the harness fix for the AFM or just > go with > > a new AFM from bus depot. VW original part vs bosch? $20 cheaper > on VW > > part from bus depot. Any opinions. > > Original post follows. > > Thanks for all you help > > Cheers, > > Paolo > > > > > > Symptoms: > > '87 Westy > > 90,000 miles (drive about 4k a year- not used much-mint) > > Original owner (new problem -never happened) > > New rotor,cap, wires and installed new fuel filter and 3 cans of > gas > > treatment (for water absorption). > > > > > > > > The van will hiccup or hesitate and lose power momentarily for > maybe half > > a second, like a hiccup. I watched the tach when it does it and > it does > > not go down to zero or fluctuate at all maybe when the hesitation > is > > about a second it may drop one indicator line on the gauge. The > frequency > > of this happening is now increasing- maybe once every 4 or 5 min. > > > > When it happens: Uphill, cruising and downhill with foot on > throttle. > > > > Does not happen: Downhill with foot off throttle, 1st gear or at > idle. > > > > Possible areas- let me know what you people think: > > > > fuel pump relay > > fuel pump > > ignition switch > > distributor pick up (hall?) > > air flow meter > > ECU > >
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