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Date:         Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:02:48 -0400
Reply-To:     "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Weak..... so weak

john:

i had similar symptoms on an '84 caused by a vacuum leak; location was throttle body to intake manifold gasket. cleaned and reassembled with original gasket coated with sensor safe ultra-blue rtv. problem fixed.

dan

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:28:12 -0700, John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Yesterday my work vanagon developed a bad case of the groggies. >Started out as an intermittent loss of power, but has developed >steadily towards permanence. Now O reckon I could do 0-20mph in 3 >minutes with the pedal to the floor. It also likes to stall. Haven't >had a chance to poke around much. Sounds an awful lot like fuel >filter. My wallet likes the sound of that. Or maybe air flow meter. My >wallet likes that too, as I already have a spare. Any other probables >on the "loss of power" checklist I might've missed? > >-- >John Bange >'90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" >'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"


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