Sounds to me like dirty fuel injector. They dump gas, not a spray/mist, helf goes unburned. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Michael J Vickey wrote: > I have experienced a similar problem with one of my 87 Syncro's. Cold start > and run is fine. Problem comes when the engine begins to heat up. Too much > fuel when running warm. I have switched out the blue temp sensor with a new > one, tried swapping computers with one of the other Syncros, put on a > brand-new airflow box, idle regulator, idle satbilizer, and switched O2 > sensors with a "used" one. Nothing has made a difference. I have given up > and sent the vehicle to my mechanic, and now he is baffled. > > He did find the the low (hot) resistance given by the new temp sensor was > not dropping quite low enough, but replacing it with another new one did > not help either. Monday I should know if a new O2 sensor is going to make a > difference. > > Any other suggestions would be welcome. When we discover a remedy I will > post it to the list. > > Mike Vickey northwestern Pennsylvania - on beautiful Lake Erie > vickrail@velocity.net > > My VW van collection: > 84 Wolfsburg Vanagon (parts) > 85 DblCab PickUp light gray > 87 GL Syncro #1 Wolfram gray "Flash" > 87 GL Syncro #2 dove blue met. "The Blue Flash" > 87 GL Syncro #3 Wolfram gray > 87 GL Brown "Betty" > 88 DblCab PickUp slate blue > 91 GL Westfalia Camper Orly blue > 93 Eurovan MV Tornado red > |
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