For those of you who have been struggling with the Vanagon cold-start bucking. [Aproximately one to two minutes after starting, the moter will momentarily bog and nothing except full thottle will save you.] I've made two changes that have, for me, eliminated the problem. Since I did both at the same time, I can't say for sure which did the trick. The first was to replace the vacuum hose from the fuel pressure regulator to the intake plenum. I found that while the hose looked fine, it was infact so brittle at the intake manafold end it crumbled when I pulled it off. The second was to replace the idle stabilizer relay (behind the left rear tail light.) Hope that helps the people who have run into this problem
Todd '88 Westy |
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