VANAGON archives -- July 2004, week 4 (#172)

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:36:02 -0700 Reply-To: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> Subject: Sudden loss of power, running rough and burning oil Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"

When I started my vanagon tonight it was running unusually rough and I smelled burning oil. It seemed to smoothen out as I drove away then performance got worse as though running on only two cylinders, almost quit about 50 feet from the driveway when I made a u-turn to drive back home where it quit and would not start again. The last time I used the van earlier in the day it drove perfectly.

Any advice before I take it to my local VW dealer for diagnosis and repair? I hope this is something simple that I can repair myself.

Awaiting the wisdom of the group.

William

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