Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:23:21 -0600
Reply-To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed)
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John, start out with the easy stuff......you know, the stuff that
makes you smack your forehead and cry, 'doh!'
Remove and clean all grounds in engine compartment. Check your spark
plugs. Ck vaccum lines. Disconnect all electrical connectors in engine
compartment and clean with non-flammable electrical cleaner and
reconnect. Ck air filter......there could be a little nest in here,
even if this is not causing the current problem.......and change the
fuel filter!
Then you can move on to things like the Throttle Switch and Bentley
troubleshooting.
BTW Why would you ever put it in fourth gear when you're only doing
35mph? Even 45mph in fourth gear could be considered lugging the
engine in most cases..........
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net> wrote:
> One other thing I found to be a potential issue was you're describing
> the beginning of a clogged cat. When our cat was close to being
> fully clogged, the engine would run great at full rpms, but the lower
> the rpms got the worse it would run. The tell tale sign for us(with
> guidance from a friend more knowledgeable) was a milky gray colored
> liquid dripping from the tailpipe. We barely got it in the driveway
> on a return trip from the Quad Cities. In an emergency you could
> take it off and beat out the membrane stuff with a metal rod to free
> up the breathing again, but spend the $99 and get a new one if you
> can't see some daylight through the mesh in the cat.
>
> BTW, isn't 35mph a little slow for 4th gear?
>
> DM&FS
>
>
>
> At 11:07 PM 4/16/2008, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
>
>
> > Last two vanagons I fixed, for this same thing, running weakly........
> > It was when I checked the fuel filter on each of them, that I found 'the
> > problem.'
> > One was water in the fuel ( likely this time of year ) and rust in the
> fuel
> > filter,
> > And the other one was a dying original fuel pump, and metal particles in
> the
> > fuel filter.
> >
> > Timing curve ?
> > Throttle switch adjustment ?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> > BJ Feddish
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:19 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed)
> >
> > Does it run fine once you're up to speed? Possibly vacuum line to the
> > distributor. Did you check all vacuum hoses?
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> > John Runberg
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:39 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed)
> >
> > Anyone have a moment to share their opinion? We were supposed to go
> > camping this weekend but the westy's conspiring against us :(
> >
> > Basically, there's no low-end power -- ex. if we're going 45mph in
> > 4th and go to accelerate it just lags. Try 35mph in 4th and nothing.
> > It'll get there after a little, but this is just not right. Downshift
> > and it's better, but not great.
> >
> > Details: 1983.5 Westy with a 1.9 engine, rebuilt 25k ago. New plugs/
> > cap/rotor/wires. Had bad throttle response and replaced the AFM with
> > a known-good unit. No gas smell. Idles fine.
> >
> > Ideas? Tomorrow I'm going to start going through it -- any thoughts
> > appreciated!
> >
> > john
> >
> >
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>
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Gracias,
Miguel
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