Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:47:53 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida
              - NEED TECH HELP
Comments: To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
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I think he already mentioned that the Vanagon idles fine but stalls when he
tries to come off idle. That's not caused by bad gas, or fuel pump, or a
fuel pump pressure regulator, or a bad injector. If it were any of these
things it wouldn't start or would start & run, but run very badly.

It's got to be something else.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Doug Alcock
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:06 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida -
NEED TECH HELP

That's what I was thinking -- bad gas -- worth a look. Has happened to
me 3 times, to the point where I only buy gas at the busiest truck
stops on an interstate. I was stuck in Alabama once on a tight
deadline to get home --- the VW dealer mechanics tried everything they
could think of while I begged them to check the gas. These were good
guys who both owned type 2's but it was Friday at 5 pm. After a couple
of hours they decided that it was indeed bad gas -- drained the tank
-- put in some fuel conditioner and, of course, fresh gas -- and I was
on my way.

A really quick thing to try would be to dump in a whole bunch of
fuel-line antifreeze (Heet) which will take the water out of the gas.
Don't stop at one bottle, use 3 or 4 -- fire it up and see what
happens. Worth a try. If there is too much water in the gas this won't
work. But if the engine starts running a little better you know you're
on the right track. BTDT too many times........

Cheers,
Doug

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>
wrote:
> Mark,
> Did you by chance, when you had the filter off , draw some fuel in a glass
> jar and inspect it for water? Just curious.
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
>



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