Date:         Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:44:22 -0400
Reply-To:     jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
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From:         jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: intermittant misfire
Comments: To: Bradley Flubacher <flubach@HOME.COM>
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My '84 has been doing the same thing; had a defective injector replaced
today.  Fuel system in now tight, also, wkith new fuel filter.   Have new
plugs, rotor, and cap.  What do I do next?

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 DL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flubach@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: intermittant misfire


> I've recently replaced the plugs, wires, cap and rotor. They are all like
> new with about 1,000 miles on them.  It accellerates poor and unevenly.
Low
> in the RPMs during the accelleration curve it has very low power, then it
> hits a certain RPM where the power seems to nearly double. It does this
most
> evidently when the engine is colder and warming up. (Not stone cold, and
not
> so much when it's at normal operating temperature.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Walker [mailto:jwalker17@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:33 PM
> To: Bradley Flubacher
> Subject: Re: intermittant misfire
>
>
> > I have an 84 GL, and it's beginning to misfire when running at
> highway
> > speeds. It only does it if I let off the gas pedal a bit to curb my
> > acceleration. Has anyone experienced this? In my mind, I'm thinking
> > something along the lines of- fuel pump, injectors, vaccum leak, afm
> ?
>
> check your throttle position switches ... if they're off a bit, it
> might do that. don't see how you can tell that it's only doing "one
> cylinder", though ... any electrical misfire will make it stumble like
> that. i kinda doubt the fuel pump or the injectors. and a vacuum leak
> should make it worse when you accelerate or idle. i'd suspect an
> electrical problem, something like the idle stabilizer or throttle
> position switches or the rotor/distributor .... which brings to mind
> that little black plug in the side of the distributor. check and see
> if it's cracked or loose.
>
> good luck!
> joel