Date:         Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:42:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Bryan Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bryan Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine cut out.
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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I don’t think I'm reving that high. I know I don’t have a tach but it really
feels like it's cutting out sooner than it should.

Thanks,
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Haynes
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 8:30 AM
To: 'Bryan Feddish' ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: Engine cut out.

The engine should cut out ~5,200 to 5,400 rpms and you can easily reach that
in 2nd gear. This is a great exercise to pound out those main bearings and
the case around them.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Bryan Feddish
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:28 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Engine cut out.

The van has been running very well the last few months after all that
tinkering.  City gas mileage is still not where I’d like it but I ‘m going
to check the highway mileage next week.  Anyway, I have this persistent
problem.  If I accelerate to really high RPMS, like in 2nd gear, I get to a
point where the engine just cuts out like a switch.  This is 100%
reproducible as it does it all the time and the engine runs fine otherwise.
I don’t have a tach so I could not tell you how high the RPMs are. I do have
a big clock so I could tell you what time it was, except in the winter.

Any suggestions?  I have an ‘83.5 WC.

Thanks,
Bryan