Date:         Sun, 11 May 1997 20:30:56 -0600
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Lincoln C DeWitt <lincoln@burgoyne.com>
Subject:      FW: 90 westie rough at idle and low rpm


("Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."
--The Tempest, Shakespear)

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>From: 	Roy I Mathers[SMTP:roy@juno.com]
Sent: 	Sunday, May 11, 1997 8:48 AM
To: 	lincoln@burgoyne.com
Subject: 	Re: 90 westie rough at idle and low rpm

Lincoln,=20
No. your problem is a new static suppressor wire which you need,it plugs
in between you current wire that is plugged into your air mass box,cost
should be about 100.00 at your local vw store you will def need it to
live and operate your van at that altitude, whats happpening is your
current wire is allowing your computer on board to get false radio
signals at that altitude,and the new static suppressor has a 5th diode =
in
it that grounds out the radio waves, your  van will operate as if it's
starving for fuel may even quit on you, ,to get you home ,till you can
get and add that new wire,when it happens ,just pull to the side of the
road and stop ,if you haven't already,shut the machine off for approx.30
minutes, then start it up and you  should get another hunderd miles
before reoccurrence,only takes a moment to install new wire yourself,
then when you reach your perm altitude wait a couple of days and your =
van
brain should adjust itsself to the additional wire,     Good luck,   =20
Roy


Gee whiz, Roy's suggestions sound so helpful, but do you think instead =
of waiting at the side of the road it would be ok if I just pushed the =
thing for half an hour?

Lincoln



On Sat, 10 May 1997 17:18:22 -0500 Lincoln C DeWitt
<lincoln@burgoyne.com> writes:
>Help please,
>
>I just bought a 90 westie and drove it 'cross country.  Somewhere in =
=3D
>Kansas it started idling really low ( ~200rpm) especially when cold,=20
>and =3D
>it runs rough (stumbles, or misses for lack of a better, more=20
>technical =3D
>term) when accelerating, especially through the 2,000 - 3,000 rpm=20
>range.
>
>The plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and fuel pump were replaced about 4,000=20
>=3D
>miles ago.
>
>I live at 7,000 feet, and was at 3,500 or 4,000 when I first noticed=20
>the =3D
>problem.
>
>Someone here said it was the altitude and to either advance the timing=20
>a =3D
>smidge or use higher octane gas???
>
>Count me in for the $3, $5, $20 or whatever.
>
>Lincoln
>