Date:         Thu, 20 Oct 94 7:49:23 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: dual carb

Thomas Schuster writes:
> 
> 
> Does anybody has experience with a dual carb? My vanagon does not have the=
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> full power, maybe 10 or 20 hp are missing. I guess it is the second chamber=
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> of my dual carb.
> 
> Here are the symptoms: Some power is missing while accelerating and only in=
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> the fourth gear it does not reach its maximum speed. But sometimes the=20
> lacking power is suddenly there for five or ten seconds, occassionally even=
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> for some minutes. Really strange and confusing.
> 
> Any hints are appreciated. Dirty jets? Throttle valve of the second chamber?
> 
> T.S.
> 83=B4 vanagon=20

Thomas,
	I can't tell for sure what kind of van you have.  Is it an 83
Vanagon?  If so, it is fuel injected.  If it has dual carbs from the
factory, it is a 72-74 bus and I may be able to help you.  Regardless,
I would check for an electrical problem first.

-David

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David Schwarze			'73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego	'73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
schwarze@nosc.mil		'87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
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