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Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:22:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Cory Sammons <slagskot@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Cory Sammons <slagskot@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Bucking
Comments: To: Nathaniel Brown <nat@ENVISIONINGLANDUSE.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <200407151555.i6FFtGj23541@envisioninglanduse.com>
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> Greetings, > > I have a '90 westy (108k) that has ben very well cared for by a 75 > year old german guy--original owner, always garaged and maintained. > However, there has been a rash of broken items in the last 4k. > Replaced both coolant hoses, thermostat housing, thermostat...and now > the westy is bucking when a goose the gas in second and 3rd gear. It > is especially bad when I am getting up to speed on the highway, and it > is getting worse daily. Could this be the Vanagon Syndrome. > > My question is related to the steps one would take to begin to > diagnose and correct this problem. It is important to note that I > already have the AFM service harness from VW installed (a potential > fix.) > > The order for repairs I was thinking are --clean grounds, full tune > (rotors, plugs, wires, cap), and perhaps the o2 sensor. > > Any words of advice from the veterans on this subject would be very > helpful. > > Thanks, > ~nat > > > -- > Nathaniel Brown > > ENVISIONING LAND USE > Landscape Modeling and Data Visualization > nat@envisioninglanduse.com > (c) 503.539.7081 > Had a similar problem recently Was a bad injector Had all of them cleaned and doing great My method of diagnosis is to run the engine and remove one plug wire at a time from the dist cap If there is no change in engine sound/running then you know you have the bad cylinder From there check wire, plug, injector Be sure your wires are well insulated and use a tool if possible cause you can get quite a jolt I don't know if this is terrible for the engine so if another list member wants to chime in feel free


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