Date:         Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:16:44 -0400
Reply-To:     Cory Sammons <slagskot@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Cory Sammons <slagskot@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is This the dreaded Vanagon Syndrome?
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> Folks, need some help.
>
> Our beloved '91 Westy (83,000 miles) is starting to act up. The last
> three times we've driven it, the following has happened...
>
> We start it from cold. It sputters, won't rev up, and has no power, but
> will idle fine. We shut it off. It starts up again immediately. And then
> it runs fine. Sometimes we have to shut it off and restart twice for it
> to "fix itself".
>
> Is this "Vanagon Syndrome"?
>
> Or maybe something else one of you has fixed before?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions...we're supposed to go camping next weekend,
> and don't want to miss it!
>
> Steve Hengeveld
> '91 Westy
> Seattle, Wa
>

Check your fuel pump, pump relay, and connections (esp. Pump ground).  That
solved my similar problem.
Cory Sammons
84 Westy