I thought all vans had electric cooling fans which were unaffected by engine speed? Mike On May 18, 2012, at 3:11 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Especially for the air cooled engines you should not really be doing > extended climbs at low RPM. Down shift and let it rev. Lugging (when > increasing throttle does not increase speed) causes this engine to > heat up > quickly and low rpm also means low cooling fan output. You need to > determine > if your problem is loss of fuel or ignition. I believe your 80 still > uses > ignition points and condenser. A bad condenser can cause loss of > spark and > be affected by heat. The loss of spark from the points-condenser also > effects the operation of the injectors. > > For the auxiliary air regulator these hardly ever go bad. Check to > make sure > it is in fact getting power and check its resistance to determine > that the > heater is not open. Be sure the wiring is not switched with the cold > start > valve or thermal time switch. This device was used on a lot of > vehicles. You > should be able to get something close or a good used one. |
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