Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:14:43 -0400
Reply-To:     Matt Sutton <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matt Sutton <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      88 GL Newbie Needs Direction
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Hello,
I'm a new Vanagon GL owner. It's an 88, with original 2.1 L ,
manual transmission, and 100k miles. The body's very good, but
at the price I got it I knew there had to be problems.  I got the
whole repair history with the purchase, and the the only thing that
stuck out was a head job 20k ago.
It doesn't run really well, but starts right up. Sometimes idles at
2k,  often drops very low after warm up, and drive performance
suffers.  Oil pressure light flashes all the time, temp gauge
doesn't function. Spedometer's out ,too, but looking at the VIN
and repair history 100k doesn't seem too far off.
I'll have the Bently book in a couple days, but am not sure how to
prioritize the work.  Sensors and gauges first? tune-up by ear?
I want  to address the most serous weakness first. Any ideas
would be welcome.
I'm new to the list, via the Yahoo! spare group. I hope this isn't redundant
for all of you. Thanks