gas quality? You might try a little Sta-bil fuel stabilizer next time and I also have good luck using that *after* I forget, to help dissolve the deposits when I forget to put it in in the first place. You may have some clogging in the fuel filter too..Just a guess but I would maybe start there. I'd put in a pretty *strong* mix of StaBil (very low tank level, a full tank's worth of Stabil) and run it a few minutes, then come back in a few days and change the filters and gas... Don Hanson On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Ramon Hill <route66rider@knology.net> wrote: > Greetings All, > My daughter's 1986 (2.1) Vanagon (AKA: The Mystery Machine) has sat for > about 6 to 8 months without being used (she is USAF & just returned home > for > a short break). When I started it for her the other day it would not run > unless I kept my foot on the accelerator pedal. If I took my foot off, the > idle speed would drop to zero & it would die. No real problem with being > smooth running or anything, it just has no idle setting now. Anyone care > to > comment as to what may have happened? It was running fine before the > period > of non use. > Thanks, for any tips! > Ramon > |
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