Hi: Double and triple check your ground connections. My 1990 did the same after a head job...gave me fits for a month until the mechanic found the bad ground wire. They can be tricky to find.... Kevin --- Reggie Rainard <reelax27@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > hi all, > i have a 1990 vanagon with a near new engine > (55,000 > miles) and i put new heads on it (old heads from > engine were used previously). i managed to put > everything back togather, oil water (in place of > antifreeze to check that it was water tight) and the > car turned over with no problem. as soon as it > turned > over it would run really rich and then choke and > barely stay runnin, is this a normal occurance when > you first start up your car after haveing the heads > replaced? > > thanks, > Reggie Rainard > Wheaton MD > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search.yahoo.com
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