In a message dated 96-04-26 23:06:12 EDT, Grannegeer@aol.com writes: > there is a noticeable >loss of power when driving up hills. We need to downshift to keep up our >speed. It doesn't run rough, it doesn't smoke, and on level roads we can >maintain 65 (we may just be paranoid, but there may also be less power on the >highway also.). We know that we are talking about a VW Vanagon, but this is a >new problem, as we said, it is noticeably different from driving it when we >first bought it. The timing is right on, it's not burning oil, it idles and >runs smoothly, just loses power on hills. Check out the catalytic converter. It may be clogged or it started to melt down. Even a Syncro Westy should be able to travel at 70 to 75+ on level road. Check out the fuel system to make sure the O2 sensor circuit is working properly. Hope this helps, Dennis.
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