Date:         Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:58:03 EDT
Reply-To:     KAllen123@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kent Allen <KAllen123@AOL.COM>
Subject:      '90 vanagon hopping/shimmy issue
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I recently had the fuel pump replaced on my vanagon weekender. It was buzzing
and dealer said it would go bad soon (turns out it was just clogged since the
new one buzzed AND stalled). Needless to say, I didn't pay for the new fuel
pump.

My vanagon now feels very strange in gear shifts and upon releasing
accelerator at various speeds. Vanagon hops/shimmies (sometimes many times) after
releasing accelerator and sometimes initial acceleration is not smooth -- a jerky
feel if I release clutch too early. They've adjusted the allen wrench operated
mixture setting to ensure against a too-rich or too-lean mix. But something's
still not right. It's the feeling you normally get when running AC and driving
in 1st gear when you suddenly release the accelerator at high RPMs. But it
does it in every gear now -- even slightly in 4th gear.

Can anyone shed some light on this? It's no longer fun to drive and I want my
vanagon fun back! Thanks in advance.

Kent Allen
Yardley PA
1990 Weekender, 92k