Date:         Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:44:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: mileage
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>,
          berky@WIN.BRIGHT.NET, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Buses and Vanagons have been fuel injected since 1975. Fuel injection
systems have no carburators and thus, no automatic choke.

One cause of the hunting idle can be a sticking throttle switch. The
throttle switch is supposed to sense two conditions: idle and wide-open
throttle. Next time this happens, try tapping on the accelerator pedal a
couple of times. If the idle becomes steady, you have a sticking throttle
switch which you can clean and lubricate (but don't try to adjust it!).

-Mark McCulley

At 09:47 AM 3/18/98 -0500, Sudhir Desai wrote:
>> >One other puzzle. Towards the end of the trip I pulled in for gas and
>> >when I stopped and put the trans in netural the engine began reving up
>> >and down between 1000 and 1800 rpm. Hasen't done it since so it really
>> >has me puzzled. Any ideas?
>
>on our, van on the second engine my mom put in, (the first engine from vw
>gave up the ghost as we were driving to Tennessee)  but anywy, the revving
>in neutral is becasue of the automatic choke sticking.  at least that's
>what was up with ours.
>
>
>
>Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
>cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
>sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee
>
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889
>