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Date:         Mon, 6 Aug 2001 12:50:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: off to Yellowstone! And we're back...
Comments: To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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congrats on the trip sounded like fun.. anyway on you comment about a laptop and an ISP, anyone using a laptop with a wireless modem?

would be cool to email the list and get some remote troubleshooting while on a trip.

below is the snip from Matt. ******************************************************************* Next time i'm goign to bring a laptop computer and a nation wide ISP connection so i can just email the list and see what consensus says. ******************************************************************** -- Joseph Fortino fortino1@onebox.com - email (510) 360 -7829 voicemail/fax

---- Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> wrote: > > billowing smoke!!???? what color smoke? > > details, man, details!!!!! Enquiring Minds Wants to Know!!! :) > > Black billowing smoke... which led to think i was running rich, very > rich. > Running rich can be caused by: temp2, oxy, fuel pressure regulator > or > busted injector. The FPR was 500 miles old. The temp2 connector (the > wiring harness side) has a cracked connector so i immediatly assumed > it > finially wiggled it's way off so i ducttaped it back in place. The > problem was solved for about 3 hrs. Then it happend again. Hmmm, the > connector wiggled off again?? More duct tape. Fixed for 90 minutes. > Each > successive stop-and-fix got closer and closer till i decided it was > NOT > the temp 2. So it dawned on me to cut the oxygen sensor (i soldered > the > connector so i had to cut the wire). Ahhh, fixed. And out of my > scientific mind i decided to reconnect the wire and reproduce the > situation of running rich which it did! I never tested the fuel pressure, > injectors or anything else. > > I brough w/ me all the tools i could muster and Bentley. Inside cover > of > bently is Ken Wilfey's #, Bus Depot #'s and Cammelback VW's #. I figured > i > could have just done the shotgun approach and ordered all POSSIBLE > problem-parts and have them deliverd general delivery, Yellowstone. > > Next time i'm goign to bring a laptop computer and a nation wide ISP > connection so i can just email the list and see what consensus says. > > Now back to, well, nothing. > M > > Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death > Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > University of Idaho > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > > > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Joel Walker wrote: > > > > all power and was billowing smoke on some backroad in the middle > of > > > nowhere Montana... To make a 200 mile story short, once i cut the > > oxygen > > > sensor wire, it ran pretty good (18 mpg). After 500 miles of driving > > like > > >

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