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Date:         Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:36:14 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: power loss then blue smoke!
Comments: To: dawn <dmoroughan@ATOMIC.NET>
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My Wasserleaker lost a chunk out of a piston and I got the same result
you did.


Sudden power loss, then blue smoke.


John Rodgers
88 GL with rebuilt engine (Feb. 2000)


dawn wrote:
>
> Driving my vanagon this morning to work about 25 min into trip  had a moment
> loss of power then all I seen out the back was a curtain of blue smoke.
> She will turn over on the side of the road  but not start.
> After she cooled down about an hour later she would start up and clack with
> blue smoke only to shut down after
> a moment or two .
> any ideas?
> Darrel 88 gl 100 miles a day daily driver.
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