Date:         Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:24:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Syndrom Fixed
Comments: To: Ron & Marianne Mighton <rmighton@COGECO.CA>
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Since the problem was intermittent, it probably was not a bad sensor but
a bad connection. Disconnecting and reconnecting probably fixed it. I
would replace the connector and contacts.

Dennis


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Ron & Marianne Mighton
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Vanagon Syndrom Fixed

I have had the dreaded Vanagon syndrom for the last
4,000kilometers.Sometimes it would stumble during the final phase of the
warmup and sometimes it would hiccup after an hour of driving.> Finally
it got really bad during the last 100 kilometers of a 1000 Kilometer
run. But you know how these things are..... during a 20 minute test run
the next morning it ran perfectly. THEN a check of the fuel regulator
revealed that the vacuum control hose had a crack in it and had actually
fallen right off the fuel regulator.

So I replaced the bad vacuum hose and all was well for three days and
then after a 10 minute run it would not even restart. I finally got it
to my mechanic about two blocka away and the bloody thing RAN PERFECTLY
again.  However luck was with me and after about 10 minutes it refused
to start and failed right in front of the mechanic. YIPPEE!! He quickly
determined it had fuel pressure , the injectors were injecting and the
spark was sparking . He swapped the cable for the Temp II sensor to a
new sensor and it started immediately and ran perfectly.

The new TempII sensor is now installed and the Westfalia runs much more
smoothly than before and seems to have more power. It has not failed
once in the last week of daily driving and is once again a joy to drive.
I am going to check the mileage because I think it will be better.

It is SO NICE whan they run well EHHH!

Its a 90 Westy GL in the Toronto area