Date:         Fri, 16 May 2003 13:47:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Gough <stevegough@HCIS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Gough <stevegough@HCIS.NET>
Subject:      2.1L Demons Gone!  Fixed.  (Was Possessed, etc.)
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Thanks to all on the list who helped and special
thanks to the one (1) person who said he laughed
at the movie I went to such pains to make.

We started with at least four problems.  All aggravated
each other or had similar symptoms:

1) Water in the gas tank and probably old (>3mos) gas.
2) Injectors clogged and/or possibly rusted by #1.
3) Too tight (stupid VW hydraulic "self adjusting")
        intake valve, cylinder #2.
4) #3 intake valve with broken retaining clip, likely
        also not closing completely.

All these things give similar symptoms, of course, so
we would fix one and things wouldn't change too much.  It
was only when Darrell Boehler (thank heaven for him) found
the bad lifter on #3, and we then put in a spare set of
injectors, that the engine showed an improvement.

Besides Darrell, and Chuck Hill, who lent me parts, thanks go
to Robert Lilley Stuart MacMillan, who got the bad injectors
thing right.  And some money goes to List Admin as part of
my "prize" offering.  Also thanks to MANY others who responded.

I will leave the goofy movie up at www.emriver.com/vandemon.htm
for a while if you want a second shot at seeing its subtle yet
overbearing humor.

Steve Gough
'86 Westy

PS.  Silver lining(s):  The van runs like a scalded dog (as they
used to say in Arkansas from whence I came) because of all
that tuning and tweaking, and I can do almost all the engine
troubleshooting procedures with my eyes closed!