Date:         Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:31:49 -0400
Reply-To:     John Anderson <janderson@IOLINC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         John Anderson <janderson@IOLINC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rough Idle / motor mounts
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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>>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...


And to me it seems the Digifant 2.1 seems top me much more prone, expecially
to the "squeak" than the 1.9 vans for some reason even though they have
older mounts as a rule.  The '90 is terrible, the '87 rocks but doesn't
squeak (new Indian mounts), the '85 did not rock so badly at all with
origional mounts, the '81 rocks terribly in its origional mounts but you
can't hear much over the air cooled engine anyway.

John