Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:08:34 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida -
              NEED TECH HELP
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Hmmmm, thinking way back to my Bay window days, I had a similar situation with my '77 Westy. Idled just fine, but at speed would buck/jerk/cut off. Turned out to be the ignition coil.


Jeff Stewart


----- "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:
> 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
> 256-656-1924
>
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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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