Hi Airic, Just how high were you revving it?? I know that the FI aircooleds have a built-in rev limiter function in the ECU, but I'm told it doesn't kick in until 5400 RPMS. Dunno about the WBXs, but I would expect it to be about the same. I try to keep my motors below 4500 rpm as much as possible. If something lets go at 5400, it ain't gonna be pretty.
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On 11-Dec-06, at 9:47 PM, Airic wrote: > I was driving my 1983.5 vanagon 1.9L after changing the antifreeze, > it is starting to look like winter down here. I was getting it in > second gear, and it semed like the ignition cut out, similar to > other vehicles I have driven when the rev limiter is hit. > > I looked at the rotor, and it did not seem like the aircooled rev > limit type I rarely see on anything anymore. > > It only did it at high RPM and I never tried to rev up the other > gears, so do these vehicles have a built in rev limiter, or do I > need to start troubleshooting a high speed miss? > > Thanks in advance |
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