Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 09:01:37 -0700 (MST)
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From: john keith hopp <jhopp@unm.edu>
Subject: Re: HELP! FI Fuel Supply(?) Problems with 75 Westy in Phoenix
My Oxy-fuel .02: My '70 Kombi actually gets 2-3mpg. better with the
oxy-gas than, say, in the summer with plain old petrol. Natch, it has no
FI.
On Thu, 5 Jan 1995 jds@media.mit.edu wrote:
>
> I'm pretty much stranded in Phoenix due to this little
> problem. The current situation is that when I cruise down
> the highway all is fine, but when I put a bit of a load on
> the motor it begins to crap out. I have to ease back on
> the peddle to keep the engine running. Generally at the
> top of a hill i'm doing between 25-35. This I can almost
> deal with. The problem arises when I exit the highway.
> When I get to the stop, the engine dies. If I wait from
> 10 minutes to 2 hours I can start it again. This is not
> good. I can crank all I like but it doesn't help.
>
> The problems started a few weeks ago when I first fueled
> up in Phoenix. They use that nice oxygenated gas with great
> amounts of either alcohol or ethers in it. The next day I
> had some serious loss of power sometimes and others it would
> be not soo bad. I replaced the fuel filter and it acted
> better but within 5 miles the fuel pump seized up. Fortunately
> I was in the middle of nowhere... Things seemed ok, but not
> great. Still the lack of power problem.
>
> I drove up north to Flagstaff this weekend (around 7 or 8000
> foot gain in elevation) and the drive up was miserable with the
> car stalled every time I got off the highway, even on the way
> back down. As long as I kept driving it would keep going.
> Only if I let the engine rev too low would it die.
>
> I took the beast to a local shop and they determined it
> was bad points. It was plausible, so all fixed I headed
> out to continue my journey (hiking in Sedona or ??). I got
> about 5 or so miles down the highway and the same thing
> happened, loss of power and it stalled when I pulled off
> the highway. I'm not scoring any brownie points with other
> drivers trying to get through the intersection at this
> point. 10 minutes later I was able to get it started and
> stuck to the side streets where it runs fine.
>
> The shop says it has good pressure and all seems well.
> They don't know what to try next. Neither do I. The
> new fuel pump makes a good bit of whizzing noise but
> so did the old one..
>
> Any ideas? Please respond to me directly; I receive
> the mailing list digested. I really like Phoenix, but
> I've been here tooo long.
>
> thanks,
>
> -- John
>
>
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