Date:         Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:22:48 -0400
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From:         Ed Hinchey <EJHin@AOL.COM>
Subject:      89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
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I just got my Wolfsy.  An 89' Weekender, blue on blue with the skirts.  Driving home, it bucked and shuttered and shut down about an hour into the trip. Sounded like syndrome, felt like syndrome, and smelled like syndrome. It has the VW cable fix on the AFM, so I immediately pulled apart and cleaned contacts, pulled on the grounds and got nowhere.  Finally I opened the ECU compartment under the back seat, the cooling blades were hot so I  helped it cool down by fanning with an old Mother Jones magazine.  After five minutes of fanning - it started and away we went with the back seat open and the ECU getting a B@#& Job for the next two hours all the way home.

My quesions are:

Does the 89' 2.1L benefit from the capacitor fix or should I stay with the VW cable repair?

Could an overheated ECU have givin me these symptoms??

If heat is the culprit, is there a way to instal a cooling fan on the ECU??  Should I get a new one?  Am I way off base??

Thanks,

Ed in Syracuse
84' Westy
89' Wolfsy