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Date:         Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:57:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Chris Lisica <wavanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Lisica <wavanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: noob already in trouble
Comments: To: jjones04@uoguelph.ca
In-Reply-To:  <20071126182730.j5tk4o540k8oscko@webmail.uoguelph.ca>
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Great first post. Welcome to the list!

Unfortunately, I cannot help you. But, I have an '87 w/ an automatic as well that I have yet to drive! Soon!

Good luck!

On Nov 26, 2007 3:27 PM, James Reed-Jones <jjones04@uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> Hey all, > > So I have been meaning to introduce myself (instead of just lurking) > and since I have had my first official van disaster I thought I would > kill two birds with one stone. > > 3 months ago my wife and I bought an 87 westy and have been in love > with it ever since. I just recently found out about this list and > subscribed - let me tell you this place has been so useful already! (I > cant believe the oil filler extends!) > > All that being said - I had my first disaster with the van today. I > was out picking my wife up and I started loosing power and couldn't > keep the RPMs up above 1200. It was like I was trying to start in the > highest gear. The weird thing though is that it would do it even when > I put it in neutral. I kept having to pull over and restart the > engine. This would solve the problem for anywhere between a few blocks > to not at all. The one thing that I did do to limp it home was that > every time I lost power I would stomp the pedal which seemed to give > me back a burst of power and doing that I was able to rocket myself > along with the occasional boosts of speed. > > Other info - 1987 vanagon westy > - Automatic tranny > - It first started while the engine was warming up but continued after > it had gotten up to the regular running temp > - I live in Ontario Canada and today it was blizzarding a nice wet > slushy snowfall (as an aside I hope Santa brings me winter tires) > - A similar kind of thing happened once before on a cold damp morning > but it just happened once then went away. > > Any ideas I could check out prior to taking it to a mechanic would be > great - or if this has been discussed in the list before a keyword to > do a search for would be great! > > Thanks everyone, > > James >

-- Chris 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver) 87 Westfalia (in progress) http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/


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