Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:32:42 -0400
Reply-To: Jessup Coffin <bridgetthevw@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Jessup Coffin <bridgetthevw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: loss of ooomph
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Riiiiight, the fuel injection system, a little thing to forget right?
It's a CIS system, simplest one.
Jessup & bridget
>From: "MacLachlan, Bill" <Bill.MacLachlan@city.burnaby.bc.ca>
>To: "Jessup Coffin" <bridgetthevw@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: RE: loss of ooomph
>Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:52:44 -0700
>
>What sort of fuel system are you running?
>Bill M
>82 GL
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jessup Coffin [mailto:bridgetthevw@HOTMAIL.COM]
>Sent: August 22, 2003 8:41 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: loss of ooomph
>
>
>Hey all,
>
>I'm once more in a quandry, have my vanagon with an 87 golf gti SOHC
>engine in it, normally this pushes my van quite happily, but at the
>moment, not so much. It's acting much more like the old diesal. If I
>push the throttle all the way to the floor the engine starts choking on
>not enough fuel or air. Go up a hill and the van will slow down to
>around 20 Mph. Pulled most of the car apart yesterday, and couldn't
>quite solve it. I'm pretty sure it's not the fuel, since I pulled the
>spark plugs and they look like they've been running pretty fuel rich.
>Exhaust is coming out, I've pulled both the catalytic converter and the
>muffler no plugs or blockages, so that isn't it. I noticed that at the
>air intake there is a thermostatically controlled intake, but no
>thermostat, and one of the holes plugged. I opened the second line up
>and cleaned it out, but it's still not running right. Air filter is a
>little dirty, but not that bad. Fuel filter is fine. Didn't find a
>breather filter anywhere, are there any other filters I don't know
>about? I'm dumbfounded, have no idea really where to go from here.
>
>Thanks in advance to those that can help.
>
>
>Jessup
>Bridget, 82 vanagon
>
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