That really doesn't give anyone a lot to work with long distance. Whenever asking for help or getting parts include Year, make, model, and if not the original engine what is there. Also transmission type can be helpful. Since it re-starts you could be looking at a fuel starvation problem or the more common O2 sensor issue. Especially 86 and later 2.1L. Dying every 30 seconds could also be something real simple like the boot fell off of the air flow meter-air filter assembly. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil n Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 9:18 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: [WetWesties] On the road, keep losing power What year Vanagon? Does stall happen only when driving or does it also happen if you leave it idling? Does engine stop abruptly or cut in/out (sputter) then stop?
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:37 PM, April Brenden-Locke <alocke@me.com> wrote: > ** > > > > We are broken down outside if Gaston. Our vanagon just started dying > unexpectedly, but then it would start back up. Now it's dying every 30 > seconds or so. > -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: |
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