Date:         Mon, 8 Oct 2007 10:06:25 -0400
Reply-To:     "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cant accelerate
Comments: To: Ed <fasteddy64@YAHOO.COM>
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Ed,

Your earlier overheating problems may have affected some of the vacuum /
coolant and possibly electrical lines or sensors, and maybe your head
gasket!  Have you checked your coolant / oil for contamination?  I would
suggest doing a leak-down test to see if you have proper compression.  Then
if you do, check all your vacuum lines to make sure that none of these are
cracked at the ends, thus loosing vacuum; a good thing for all of us to do
from time to time, and a leading cause of idle problems.

Jack R.
84 Westy Wolfie (owned for 20 years, now with a newer 2.1L motor)

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Ed
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:47 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Cant accelerate

My 84 auto starts and idles fine but if you try to accelerate it bogs down
and you can here it popping back thru the air intake.

What should I be checking to fix this?

Ed


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