Dieter sent me the note below by Pmail. I'm a neophyte myself, so I would hesitate to make any comments. Perhaps one of the many experienced gurus on the list can offer some suggestions. Dave in KC 85 Westy http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1 ----- Original Message ----- From: <DieterKnittel@aol.com> To: <DBAKER5@kc.rr.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 2:57 PM Subject: Re: 1986GL update
> hi there, > the smoke is black and it makes a light puffing sound, kinda like those Hot > rods have. > It starts easy first turn of the key and it runs. > With Idle stabilizer disconnected it runs at 1200 RPM till it dies. > With stabilizer connected it runs at 3000 RPM and then starts Jerking and > puffing and dies. > No lights or anythink happen at the dash board controls. > I even disconnected the Plugwire at the AFM meter and it was running for a > while till it just stoped again. > Now i know that is no big info i can give you, but that is all i have at the > time. > Dieter > 1986 Vanagon GL. 2.1 4 speed |
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