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Date:         Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:41:58 -0400
Reply-To:     David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Weak..... so weak
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <6da579340810151614x528d1404hd8aa0688b1260097@mail.gmail.com>
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Besides, the weekend before I mentioned the symptoms and everything I'd checked to my mother, and she immediately said "It doesn't sound like any of that; sounds like a vacuum leak to me".

LOL!

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:14 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:28 PM, 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..... Sounds an awful lot like fuel > > filter. ... Or maybe air flow meter. > > An update on my 90 non-GL "Lastwagen". I've been driving the GL > "Wiesel" for the last several weeks and basically ignoring the other > van because it was easier than trying to fix it in a dark apartment > parking garage. This is the problem with having a spare van. I was > hoping to shine it on a little longer until I move to a house with a > Real Garage next month, but today Wiesel developed an oil dribble from > the upper oil cooler O-ring. I am sure I will curse the PO when I see > how badly it was assembled, but that's something for later, as I won't > have the replacement O-ring for at least a couple days. > > So to make an unnecessarily long story even longer, since I need to > drive SOMETHING for work, I was forced to get off my hind end and look > at the non-GL. Over the preceding weeks I had spent many hours > "studying" the Bentley and "ruminating" over the symptoms in the > evenings, though my wafe says it looked more like I was sleeping in my > La-Z-Boy with a book in my lap to her. She clearly does not understand > the delicate art of Volkswagen engine diagnosis and repair. Of the > things I had not checked, only two seemed likely: a subtle electrical > gremlin in the wiring, or a vacuum leak. As checking every dang wire > in the ECU harness sounded too hard, I figured I'd start with a sanity > check of every orifice of the intake space downstream of the AFM. > Besides, the weekend before I mentioned the symptoms and everything > I'd checked to my mother, and she immediately said "It doesn't sound > like any of that; sounds like a vacuum leak to me". > > Clamped the breather hose shut, no dice. Plugged the carbon canister > hose and pressure regulator hose, no dice. Checked the clamps on the > S-shaped rubber accordion-looking piece, no dice. Then i started down > the brake booster line. Hey, lookie there, the white plastic clamp > that attaches it to the body line at the firewall was loose--- like > "spin it around with your finger" loose! Tightened that down and took > it for a drive. Hey, what do you know, it doesn't die no more! It > still feels weak, but I think that's just because A) it's heavily > loaded down with tools and parts for work, and B) it's an automatic > and the "spare" GL Vanagon I've been driving in its place is a manual. > It may turn out to be only part of the problem. Time will tell. > > Vacuum leak! > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" > '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel" >


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