Date:         Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:31:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      I'm back, miss anything? Need an ECU
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Hi All,

I've been ignoring Vanagon traffic for a couple months, getting ready to
move my family and our two home businesses to our new house in Bend, Oregon.

I took our 84 Westfalia, Mellow Yellow, to the shop, Hugo's Foreign Car
in Encinitas, so they could give it the once-over before I drive it,
towing a small utility trailer, the 1,000 miles from here to our new
house. Asked them to look into this odd idle-stumble thing that has had
me puzzled for over a year (engine idles fine for the first minute, then
starts to miss, rpms drop, engine dies -- pressure on gas pedal prevents
this, but there is this flat spot when accelerating out of idle, which
suddenly goes away the engine takes off just fine). Their sniffer found
that when the engine went into this seizure, the mixture got real lean.

They fussed around with the air flow meter as it was a bit out of
adjustment, but this didn't help.

Last year I plugged in a loaner ECU and it did not change the behavior.
But the shop plugged their One Known-To-Be-Good ECU into the van and the
engine ran just fine. He doesn't have another, but he'll look around
tomorrow morning.

Anyone know of an ECU for an 84 that seems to be good? My onboard O2
sensor shows the mixture is just fine when running, but I'd like to take
care of this issue before the move.

Call me at 760 519 0193 or email me at j.michael.elliott(AT)gmail.com

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR