Tony wrote: "Hey Tom, I'd be interested in what you find out. My van did a similiar thing on my trip to see my parents over the Thanksgiving holiday (3 hour trip). It would gradually lose power until I could only do about 35 mph. I pulled off the road, it would rev up okay, but wouldn't pull very=20 well. It finally after a few minutes went away and then 30 minutes later, it did it again. This time I turned the Van off and when I restarted it worked fine... My wife has had this happen once or twice since she starting driving it, we figured at that time it might have been water in the gas, now I'm thinking fuel filter... However, as luck would have it, it worked fine all the rest of the way home that evening.. Go figure, Tony 87 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Edition (still looking for a name)" I might have experienced a similar phenomen (although Jenny is a 2L aircooled westy) where I thought maybe fuel filter etc. It turns out to be bad points and condenser. I haven't picked up Jenny yet to verify that the problem disappeared. Maybe another area to look into...
Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE |
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