Date:         Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:50:53 -0500
Reply-To:     jake beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         jake beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Subject:      intermittent stumbling, stalling etc
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Hey everyone,

Alright, I have an 82 air cooled Vanagon, Federal model, so no O2 sensor to
worry about.  When running the van will unexpectedly begin to totally bog
down, total loss of power, barely able to keep it running.  If I let up on
the accelerator it will die.  When restarted it will continue to do this for
1-10 minutes, then all of a sudden it will run fine again.  5 minutes down
the road it will do it again.  Sometimes it only last about 30 seconds, then
runs excellent again.  So it is an intermittent problem, a very frustrating
type of gremlin to chase.  I have spliced new terminals to all of the fuel
injection grounds (including the tranny to chassis ground).  I am not sure
where to look next.  If it is some sort of intermittent short in the wiring
it could be anywhere!  Any ideas out there?

PS. The AFM checks out according to Bentley

Thanks,
Jake