Probably not, but from what I have seen/heard of the troubles of others, an electronically controlled automatic diesel Vanagon is probably not in my future. I like to control the entire process, including the pump. I would be totally out of my league with electronic control and I know it. Jim On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > That option does not always work with automatics, especially electronically > controlled. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jim Felder > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:44 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: FW: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again. > > This can allow engine oil to enter the intake track > > > and when the engine sucks it in the engine can go into a run away. No > > way to shut it down until it blows. > > > > Nah, pull over, leave it in gear and brake hard until the engine dies. Ask > me how I know : ) > > Jim > > |
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