Date:         Sun, 5 Aug 2012 10:42:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Double checking my stumbling problem
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Fore several weeks I've been chipping away at a poor running 2.1. I've
swapped out this and that, and to me it acts like a bad fuel pump that
delivers enough pressure to start and idle but not keep up with the demands
of acceleration, hills, etc. And it's getting worse.

I was finally in town long enough to put a pressure gauge on the system and
I see it measures 27 psi. The Bentley says that 30 to 36 is normal range. I
know somebody is going to say "well, if that's what it says..." but I
wanted to hear from more experienced mechanics before I ordered a fuel
pump. I have been burned before on this. I invested a year of
troubleshooting and lots of money in a 2.1 that behaved similarly before I
fixed the problem. I don't want to go through that again.

If anyone with experience says "mine's lower than that and it runs fine"
then I will keep looking. If the consensus is that it just won't operate on
27 psi, I'll order a pump.

thanks,

Jim