Date:         Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:16:46 -0500
Reply-To:     John Flaherty <jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Flaherty <jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: What's going on in my Engine...
Comments: To: Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Any possibility the connection to the AFM is loose? If it's not making
contact, it'll cause those exact symptoms.

HTH,
John Flaherty
'84 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bias" <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 7:29 AM
Subject: What's going on in my Engine...


> All,
>   Please, someone point me in the right direction...  This morning (about
20
> degree's F) my Van started fine, warmed up fine and everything was
> beautiful.  About a half hour into my commute it started...  I would press
> the gas pedal and the tack (and engine) would drop to 200 or 300 rpm's and
> then I would let off, it would idle just fine.  Press the gas again, same
> thing.  All this while trying to get through a busy intersection.  I had
to
> coax it across the intersection and get it onto the Freeway.  On the
Freeway
> at a constant speed (63 mph) it was fine.  Press the gas and hesitation,
no
> bucking just hesitation.  I have an 85 with Digijet FI and the cap fix in
> the AFM.  The Van has been running nice for quite a while up until a week
or
> so ago when this problem arose.  Thank you for any insight...
>
> Rich and Annemarie
> 85 GL "Buba"
> 98 Bug
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