On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Urs Rothacher wrote: > Yesterday I was testdriving a 82 4spd man gas and it accelerated very > slowly (I have driven Vanagons before but this one was *very* slow). > The owner mentioned that the cylinder pressure is low and this is the > reason for the weakness and that the engine would maybe have to be > rebuilt again. The bus hat 190000miles and 25000? after last (top?) > rebuilt. > I am a car dummie and couldn't find a good explanation for this in any > FAQ. > Q: Can anyone guess what's wrong with the engine? There's all kinds of guesses that could be correct with a description this vague. I know that once when I forgot to re-attach a sparkplug wire I had the same sort of reaction to my Vanagon. "Hey, why's this sucker accelerating so slowly???" (Still got up to 55 on the freeway!) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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