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Date:         Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:27:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
Comments: To: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
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can you tell us more about the motor? CIS or Digifant, guessing the former...

does it bog down? black smoke from tail pipe?

doubting alternator explanation

alistair

On 14-Mar-10, at 5:14 PM, Pat Sloan wrote:

Hi all,

The Otter is having digestive problems. We're talking 1982 Westy - originally diesel but now converted to 1987 1.8 L Jetta gas engine. Watercooled.

As I'm driving it suddenly loses power and then recovers again and again. Sometimes it just loses power and doesn't recover until I stop and then start it again.

Fuel lines, fuel pump and battery have been replaced. All seems good, but the problem persists.

Now it turns out that my great vanagon repair guy (Ed @ the Bug Shop in Delta, BC) doesn't work on Jetta engines, so I will have to move on to someone else. Does anyone on the list have any ideas re:

1. good and reasonable Jetta mechanics in the Vancouver area? 2. what could be causing this? (BCAA guy suggested alternator but what do I know?)

Thanks everyone. It's such a great resource to be able to call on so much experience in times of trouble.

Hopefully, Pat

(whowantstogetcampingsoon!)


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