Hello Ken: Thank you for your reply. Only the injectors on the left head were the problem. All the injectors were new and were installed in September 2003 along with all new fuel lines when I installed the Boston Bob long block. When engine performance problems started about 10 months ago, one of the things I had done was replacement of the fuel tank (but it did not help with performance problems). After right head was repaired this past December and performance problems continued, I found that the spark plugs on the left head were fouled. My mechanic theorizes that injectors on left head were leaking and engine was flooding at low speed. John On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 10:26 -0500, Ken Wilford wrote: > John, that is great to hear! Do you have any idea why the injectors got > messed up? Do you think it is fuel contamination or just build up over > time? > > On 2/21/2012 9:17 PM, John Lauterbach wrote: > > After struggling for almost a year with various drivability problems, my > > Vanagon ('84, 1.9L engine) is back to its old self. Main problem was > > the fuel injectors (installed new 9/03, about 30K miles). I sent a > > spare set of injectors to Witchhunter for cleaning and took the cleaned > > injectors to my mechanic along with a pair of Van-Cafe aluminum fuel > > rails. My mechanic also replaced all the fuel lines when he installed > > the injectors and fuel rails. > > > > John > > > > -- > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com > Phone: 856-327-4936 > Fax: 856-327-2242 |
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