Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:41:27 -0400
Reply-To: Frank Schultz <frankschultz@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Frank Schultz <frankschultz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: First trip with to be named Vanagon - some "excitement"
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Thanks Jerry. All of the cooling tin seems to be in place, I am missing a
couple of plug wire grommets, ordering those today. The dip stick did not
seem excessively hot and there was not smoke when opening up the oil fill
cap. Thanks for the advice on the temp gauge. I am having an internal
debate on whether to install an oil temp or cylinder temp gauge. I will
check the compression and valves this week.
Thanks for the reply and input.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: greg@pottsfamily.ca [mailto:greg@pottsfamily.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:32 AM
To: frankschultz@gmail.com
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: First trip with to be named Vanagon - some "excitement"
Hi Frank,
That doesn't sound too good. First off, since there's a single weber
on there it's obvious that the engine has been messed with. Is all the
cooling tin in place?
Secondly, I'd recommend you adjust the valves and check the
compression. Even hydraulic valves should get annual adjustment. If
compression on any cylinder is below 90PSI you need to service that
cylinder head.
In the future I'd recommend adding a cylinder head temp gauge to help
keep track of the heat levels affecting the most sensitive part of
that engine.
Good luck with it,
Greg Potts,
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1987 Wolfsburg weekender
1973 westfakia weekender
www.pottsfamily.ca
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Frank Schultz <frankschultz@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello all. I am a new Vanagon owner and have been enjoying the list for
>> the
>> past couple of weeks. I have a '82 Westy (manual, webber convertion) and
>> took it out for a weekend in the woods.
>>
>> The van performed very well on the way up, but had some troubles on the
way
>> back (1.5 hr each way). It was missing terribly on the start of the way
>> back, sounded like a stuck lifter, plus something - it was
>> backfiring/mis-firing (not kaboom but very strange noise) on acceleration
>> up
>> hills.
>> So I drove it for a while to see if it fixed itself - which I have been
>> reading in some of the forums that it does (stuck lifter anyway).
>>
>> Did not fix itself, pulled over, gave her a drink of oil and Marvel
mystery
>> oil - she was a little low on oil, not much. Restarted and ran the same
>> way
>> it did on the way up.
>>
>> After returning home, it would not restart, but I had good batter power.
>> Almost like the starter could not turn the engine over. I have had slow
>> starts (motor turning over very slow) after a long run, but it had never
>> refused to start. Waited 10 min. and she started up again (slow turn
over,
>> but started).
>>
>> Any suggestions on the slow starting after 45 min to an hour on the road
>> and/or the misfiring.
>>
>> I have gotten the Bentley, Haynes and Idot's guide manuals and have just
>> started to get into them.
>>
>> We had a blast in the camper and I am looking forward to many years of
fun
>> and a bit of wrenching in my future.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. This list is very informative.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Frank
>>
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