Hi .. sounds like clutch chatter. Normally a vanagon clutch is very smooth to engage, the pedal strokes in a nice smooth, not-high-effort way, etc. If it is oil on the clutch disc causing clutch chatter .. there is a trick to temporarily improve it. .. the throttle switch failing to break contact with throttle above idle would cause you symptom.. as mentioned.. that's very rare IMO - I've never seen it. about 70 % of 2.1 vanagons that I see have their throttle switch not making contact at idle like it should. And one stuck in the closed/idle position would very much confuse the ECU indeed. vanagons have very smooth clutches .. and very well-lasting ones too. It's one of the 'quite good' areas of Vanagons .. and yet another reason why they are such wonderful machines. Scott www.turbovans.com
On 9/26/2012 4:23 PM, Tom Carchrae wrote: > Google for "Vanagon Syndrome"... lots on this, although not clear if > it fits you. > > That said, being a green-horned vanagon owner, I find the clutch on > mine very particular. It is like no other standard I've driven. If I > am not very careful in letting out the clutch slowly, it will shudder. > I compensate and I can drive it smoothly, but I wondered it if this > is normal for the 'torquey' vanagon. > > I have not worried much about it because I have had two specialist VW > shops drive it and neither mentioned this as a problem. > > Tom > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:01 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: >> At 03:29 PM 9/26/2012, Alfred Bagdan wrote: >>> Could it be anything else that could cause this jerky motion? >> >> If the throttle switch fails to open it will cause severe bucking at low >> rpm. >> >> Yrs, >> d |
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