Date:         Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:24:26 -0500
Reply-To:     phishman068@GMAIL.COM
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From:         Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1987 running issues.
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com>
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It turns out it was out of
Gas!

Thanks everyone. 

-craig

On Nov 16, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> True vanagon syndrome due to vibration in the AFM happens after an hour or two at relatively steady highway speed.  Of course there are now various other problems to which people have applied that label.
> 
> If you are confident that your fuel flow and pressure are OK, temp2 does sound like the usual suspect.
> 
> Larry A.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So my 1987 has just started doing something new I've never dealt with.
>> It starts and runs but about 2 minutes into a drive it feels like its running out of gas. Power drops, throttle becomes unresponsive, etc. then it dies.
>> 
>> If I go to fire it back up it will crank and will even catch and want to run but dies within a second or two. Every try, same result.
>> If I let it cool down for a bit, say 15 minutes or so (as I type this) it will start and run fine until I get home.
>> It does it just as the thermostat opens.
>> 
>> I have tried unplugging the oxygen sensor and no difference.
>> Is this perhaps the fabled vanagon syndrome or a failed temp2?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -craig
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