What makes a VW uniquely sound like a VW (esp. in older models)? Is it the muffler (I don't think so) or is it the way the engine fires (I don't know)? Anyway, my wife had the driving shift on a long drive last month and then the exhaust started to smoke a lot. I the engine started to sputter some so I told her to slow down (from freeway speed = 70 mph). The back was loaded up real good so and it was night time so I didn't get a chance to check what was wrong (we were in the middle of the desert between Phoenix and LA). The next time I checked the engine, I found this (excuse the ignorance) metal tube dislodged from where it poked at the engine (it had a black plastic cap on it with a rubber hose connected to somewhere near the fuel injector area... a type of vacuum hose). Anyway, I figured that when this tube come out of its hole, engine oil started to spray all around the engine compartment... thus the apparent oily smoke. I put the things back into place, but my engine poerformance has not been the same since. I changed the rotor/cap, cleaned as much as I could, and checked the rest of the vacuum hoses. Now the engine sounds like a 1970's VW Bug with that loud chirping sound. I sprayed the fan belt with a non-slip compund and the loud chirping is still there. Any ideas as to what had happened to my engine on the 1982 Westy? ---roy
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