Date:         Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:50:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
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From:         Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Running rich after Head replacement,
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I think you need to fix the brown ground wire attached to the driver's
side head (just under the intake).  Your problem is well known to
occur when that wire is broken or corroded.  See the archives for
details.

- Laurence

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 Laurence Smith
 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
 90 Westy / 90 Subie 2.2 (in progress)
 87 GL / 91 Subie 2.2
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Kevin Carrubba
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 7:34 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Running rich after Head replacement,
>
>
> Volks,
> Still running rich and time is running out on me supposed
> departure.   Here
> is what it does  starts and runs great after warm up  idle
> drops like 2 or 300
> and it starts to run very rich.  At this point it has been
> determined that
> there is no vaccum leaks,  replaced oxy sensor, temp2
> sensor.  My mechanic is
> getting stumped because it runs fine till it reaches that
> magic temp.  It runs
> great till its warm then like crap.  Anybody have any
> experance with this?
> Could this be an air bound lifter?  There are no clanks or
> clatter it really
> sounds great but...
> Tia
> Happy Holidays
> Kevin
> 87 Westy
>