Date:         Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:41:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Jessup Coffin <bridgetthevw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jessup Coffin <bridgetthevw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      loss of ooomph
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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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