Date:         Sat, 25 Feb 2017 10:11:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Sean Garrett <doit.outdoors@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Sean Garrett <doit.outdoors@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dem ole Vanagon blues
Comments: To: ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
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Or vacuum issue, or intake manifold leak at gasket. I had an 81 that acted like this. Find a mechanic that has a smoker (it blows smoke into all vacuum hoses and manifolds. Incredible useful device for finding any type of vacuum/intake leak.

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> On Feb 25, 2017, at 9:49 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 
> I'm thinking about an instrument cluster that will tell me what's happening
> to my 91 2.1L DoKa as I drive.  Here's the problem:
> 
> Starts right away.  A block later we die.  Sometimes starts again,
> sometimes not.  Sometimes idles at stop signs, sometimes not.  If I park
> for 5 minutes, maybe we start again, maybe not.
> 
> It's time I solve this problem.  So the problem might be electrical, or
> maybe fuel-trical.   Fuel-trical?  Fuel-trackle?  Well, a fuel problem.
> 
> Is there a diagnostic cluster I can put on my dash so I can monitor my
> engine?  Or lacking that, what is the first steps in driving diagnostics?
> 
> ed-91 DoKa, mostly parked in my driveway.