At 02:59 PM 10/20/98 -0400, Michael Townsend wrote: >Hi, > >Someone asked about shaking at idle and bad motor mounts. My '90 Carat has a >motor that seemed to rock too much at idle. It also produced an annoying >squeak. This is not uncommon with Vanagons. The computer really leans out the fuel mixture at idle. Carbon build up in the combustion chamber also contributes to this problem. I've found that it sometimes helps to run a bottle of Techron or other fuel injection cleaner through the system. This doesn't eliminate the problem for long however. Chunky, lumpy idle is one of the Vanagon's less redeeming characteristics... Mark McCulley |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.