Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:49:57 -0400
Reply-To: WVVW <wvveedub@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: WVVW <wvveedub@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: Re: Bucking
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Wade,
Thanks for the info. But, I made the change about a year ago when I replaced the old AFM (cracked board).
However, it reminds me to check the capacitor to see if it's still OK.
Still, I'm curious as to why it was spitting oil (I'm pretty certain) from the mail seal. I'm wondering if puching it on the hills when all the cyclinders weren't firing caused unusually high oil pressure. I had a similar issue when I first purchased the vanagon and took it on a 2300 mile roadtrip to Maine. The PO had routed the main crankcase vent line under one of the water pipes and partially crimped it. The lack of sufficient ventalation caused it to push oil through the main seal.
Hmmmm....
Brian
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Wade Yorke <wade@carsand.com> wrote:
>This could be a case of Vanagon Syndrome. My water cooled 1.9 was
>doing the same thing. Engine would suddenly cut out and them come back
>on with much driveline windup. Turns out that the air flow meter gets
>a mixed signal and goes into idle mode.
>You can fix it for $2.00-$3.00 with a specific capacitor soldered into
>the plug that goes into the air flow meter. I just pulled back on the
>rubber covering the plug instead of removing the sealed air flow meter.
>I got the info from this site
>
>http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/intermitt._syndrome.htm
>
>Wade Yorke
>Truro
>Nova Scotia
>
>
--
Brian
'73 Beetle
'85 Vanagon GL
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