Update: We had the fuel filter replaced with a new Bosch filter - and so far, our Westy seems to be running back at normal now. We also added octane booster when we went to top off the gas ... so unfortunately, it seems we may have added too many variables to really figure out what went wrong. Bad gas or clogged fuel filter? We still haven't driven her long enough to figure out if the problem truly went away. Hoping to find out for sure this coming Sunday evening on our short trek to Yosemite... Thanks to all for the suggestions and thanks to Tassi, Inc for changing our fuel filter -- we are that bad that we can't change our own fuel filter! Tina and Yoel On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:39:32 -0700, Yoel and Tina Crane <yoelandtina@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks all for the feedback and insight. I'm going to change the fuel > filter after running the tank real low. At least I'll know when the > filter was been changed. I'll post my findings to the list. > > > > > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:15:32 -0600, jimt <wetwesty@tactical-bus.info> wrote: > > On 10/18/04 10:12 AM, "Yoel and Tina Crane" <yoelandtina@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > Problems started on Friday night as I was driving up into the > > > foothills. Felt some "lurching" while going up hill. I was giving it > > > gas but got no response, RPM's dropped!! That happened twice. I was > > > somewhere between 5-6000 ft in elevation. Made it to the campsite > > > without any further problems. Campsite is above 7000ft > > > > Had that happen to me on one trip. When I got to the campsite I crawled > > under to look at something and happened to note that my white cube fuel > > filter didn¹t look quite right. Pulled it off in a way to keep everything > > in it and poured it into a glass. It was about half water. Figured that > > when I was going up the slopes the water was now getting sucked into the > > pump and more was probably coming out of the tank. > > > > I just blew that filter out and put it back on and checked it again when I > > got home. Had just a little bit of water in it. > > > > •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• > > jimt > > Planned insanity is best. > > Remember that sanity is optional. > > http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) > > http://www.westydriver.com > > > > > > -- > Tina and Yoel Crane > mailto:yoelandtina@gmail.com >
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