Date:         Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:19:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Intermittant stalling
Comments: To: "Brian T." <nobleman36@YAHOO.COM>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian T." <nobleman36@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:49 AM
Subject: Intermittant stalling

> I am curious about where to start here.  I have an 85'
> that intermittantly stalls when I come to a stop.
>
> It doesn't matter if it is cold or hot, it will just
> periodically "flutter" the idiot lights or out right
> die when I stop.  Sometime it does this several times
> a day and other times it runs like a top.
>
> I read recently about a fellow with a bad cat, would
> this contribute to my vans behaviour?

I suppose it could, but I would tend to look elsewhere first.  In my
experience, bad catalytic converters will tend to "strangle" the exhaust,
resulting in a distinctly different tone to the exhaust and lack of power
generally.
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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