George; Have you checked fuel pressure? Maybe an injector is leaking or perhaps the fuel pressure regulator. Pull of the vacuum line and check for gas there. I have heard the internal diaphragm ruptures, releasing gas into the plenum. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:35:31 -0500 George Averill <averill@LDL.NET> writes: > My 1984 Vanagon has a problem that I have not been able to solve. > When driving or standing still at about 1800rpm the engine > experiences about two seconds of overly rich mixture (smoke can be > seen from the rear view mirror) then runs correctly for about 15 or > 30 seconds and then repeats this performance ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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