At lunch today I took my syncro for a drive and it died in under a minute. pulled over, disconnected the o2 sensor wire, and it fired right up. At lunch I got another O2 sensor,kept looking longingly at the O2 sensor for my scuba rebreather on the seat next to me, it sure as hell cost less than that bosch part! I'll install tonight, looks like the problem is solved. So now I know a little bit more about my engine. Thanks to all who took the time to write. rob infante 87 syncro westy boonton nj >The other day my 87 syncro westy drove like crap. For a while it has had >intermittent problems with bucking and hesitation, but the other day it went >from being like a flu to being like the black death. As I drove the five >minutes from the store home it went from losing power and bucking to completely >losing power. If I switched it off and restarted it fired up fine , and ran >fine at full power for a several minutes, then a couple of minutes, until >ultimately I was flipping it on and off every 100 yards or so to limp home. When >in its fugue the throttle did nothing, I could floor it without the engine >responding. I thought the dreaded vanagon syndrome came from running one speed >for a while? > >Is the corrected afm part supposed to have an A after it? I checked and my >harness is 025 906 302, without the A. I also looked in the air filter and >found a bit of water in there, which has soaked into the air filter a bit. >Probably a red herring, but that can't be helping things. > >Help? >rob infante >87 syncro westy >boonton nj > > |
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