Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 2010 21:40:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
Comments: To: "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@yahoo.com>
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I use to drive at 75. It never stayed at 60 long enough to be a problem.  ;-)

I would still suspect the AFM.

tim in san jose

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Danny C. <bruiserbabie@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ·       So I have been driving my 1984 westy Automatic vanagon and have been experiencing some small issues. This is what happens- There are 2 different ways this happens. The first- When driving the van on the freeway going around 60mph on flat surface with the pedal pushed down about 30% it starts to cut out very slightly. It does not stall the engine but there is a slight miss like it is running out of fuel. Now here is the tricky part, if I press the pedal down just a hair, say to 35% it goes away, or if I let off the pedal just a hair to 25% it goes away. Now it does not always do it but it does seem to be getting worse. (Happening more often) Now for the second problem- So if I stop at a stop sign or stop light and take off if I have my pedal at the 30% point it does the same thing, it feels like it is bogging down, now if I start off with the pedal at 35% or more it does not happen or if I press the pedal 25% or less it wont happen. Now I
>  have a friend with a great running 1.9 vanagon and swapped Air flow meters and the problem was still there, so Im sure its not the AFM. Let me know if any of you have experienced this problem and what steps you took to resolve the problem.
>                                  Thanks Danny
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> Danny C.
> '84 Westy (Vanny)
> '90 Jeep Cherokee 4x4
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