Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 13:41:28 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Help in Mexico?
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Never been to Mexico, but --- in my bush pilot days - no gas from out in
a village somewhere ever went into the gas tank without first being
passed through a genuine chamois skin. Saved the day many times. It
might be a prudent practice in Mexico or anywhere out of country. Course
that doesn't help right now.
If bad gas is the principle suspect, maybe draining the tank and
passing it through the chamois might help - if a chamois can be found.
John
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 11/6/2011 12:44 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> Another suspect is bad gasoline. It happens in Mexico.
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM, John C...<yacoltyahoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> O2 was first on my list, but how about the cat?
>> Sounds like it really plugged up.
>> I've got a buddy in Guaymas that could possibly help;
>> pmail for his info.
>> Good luck guys!
>> JC...
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Dennis Haynes<d23haynes57@hotmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>> Sounds like an O2 sensor or wiring issue.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>>> Mister Tom
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:43 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Help in Mexico?
>>>
>>> Just a shot, but have friends in Mexico having problems with their '87
>> wbx.
>>> They are in hermosillo, sonora. I said I would ask about any mechanic
>> help
>>> that might be near.
>>>
>>> Here's a bit of the email she sent me. She is trying to join the list.
>>> She's
>>> "Jes".
>>>
>>>
>>> the main symptom is that while driving and stepping on the gas, we
>>> aren't accelerating. there were a couple of things from back when we
>> were
>>> in portland that i assume are connected. we noticed that there would be
>>> this hiccup thing that would happen, like a lurch when accelerating, and
>>> this happened usually right after filling up the gas tank and usually in
>>> 4th
>>> gear. then it would go away. additionally, there was an idle issue
>> where
>>> occasionally we would be sitting in neutral and the idle would just go up
>>> and down, past 3 rpms and just run real high for a while. and then the
>>> next
>>> time we started the motor it would have stopped. i don't know if that is
>>> connected but definitely something i've noticed.
>>> back to our most recent driving issues with the non-acceleration; we
>>> were also burning a lot of gas, as in black smoke and a tank lasting us
>> 1/2
>>> as long as it usually does. we took it to a mechanic where they surmised
>>> the compression was really low (about 25 when it should be about 45, i
>>> believe?) and we had to drive it to a big enough town that had mechanics
>>> with more ideas and possibly parts. there was that hiccup i mentioned
>>> before that would happen before the black smoke would burst out of the
>>> muffler. also, after driving for a while, even in low gear it would
>> hiccup
>>> and barely have enough power to get going. i had to really balance out
>> the
>>> gas and clutch to get enough gas where it needed to go, it seems like to
>>> me.
>>> we had the air mass flow sensor cleaned out, the fuel injectors cleaned
>> out
>>> and the coolant and all that checked, as eventually the temperature light
>>> was flashing (i imagine from burning all that gas). then it was still
>>> doing
>>> the same thing so we replaced the air mass flow sensor. now it is still
>>> doing the same thing and when we opened it up again today, there was oil
>> in
>>> the air sensor. the oil for the motor was not low but it was still going
>>> where it's not wanted. we got that cleaned out and the current diagnosis
>>> is
>>> that the respiration of the motor is not working properly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll forward any inputs I receive to her.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom Salicos
>>> '87 Syncro Westy EG-33
>>>
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