Date:         Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:13:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Nagging Gremlins: Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble ,
              arm rest, Sliding door
Comments: To: "Craig, Jim M. {PCNA}" <Jim.M.Craig@PEPSI.COM>
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Jim,

I don't know what year/engine you have, but on my '85 1.9, this happens
often. In my fiddling with it, I've found that if I reseat the two-pin
electrical connection to the small vacuum/electrical thing located in the
upper right corner of the forward engine compartment bulkhead, the problem
goes away for a while.

I'm not sure just what that part is called (or if the 2.1 has one... I
assume other listees can ID the part, and the years it was used) but it
does seem to be involved in talking to the ECU until the engine warms up.

Tim

At 02:10 AM 10/4/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>3.  The van runs great.  Perfect idle, even when cold, good power all
>through the rpm range.  Just after start-up though, for the first minute
>or so, the engine stumbles launching under load at low RPM.  No bucking,
>just low power.  If I put in the clutch and rev it past the low rpm, I
>can power through the stumble.  It might do this twice in the first one
>to two minutes, but after a few 3000 RPM shifts, the van runs great.  It
>only does this when cold, not after a warm start.  Any ideas?