Here's a couple of more "pros" looking for help. Please reply to them, not me. First, a successful repair. Jim Arnott Union, OR
(...) > 1990 Volkswagen Transporter 2110 CC > > Trans: Standard > Mileage: 70,000 km > VIN: WV2ZZZ25ZLH065623 > Fuel: EFI > > Symptoms: Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on > Occurs: Always > > ___________________________ FIX: ___________________________ > > Sorry for the late fix on this one. > > temp. sensor was replaced and all the grounds were cleaned > and vehicle ran okay. > > Hope I too can be of help to other members in the future!! > > Thanks once again. > > ____________________ ORIGINAL MESSAGE: _____________________ > > As we do not have access to any technical info. here in > Nepal and neither do we have access to specialised testing > equipment, I would be grateful to any iatn members who > could help me out with this one. > > Irwin Bikram Chaudri > god@mos.com.np > Owner/Technician > Shree Automobiles > Kathmandu, Nepal > Now the fellow needing help. > 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon 2.1 L > > Trans: Automatic > Mileage: 100,000 miles > VIN: WV2YBO25XMH002708 > > Affected Item: Warning system > Condition: light flashes > > ____________________________________________________________ > > This is my second post on this van, different system > affected. I'm aware of tricky VW oil presure problems, but > this one is beyond me! The oil pressure warning light and > buzzer comes on after driving van for 15 minutes, most of > the time. Here is a list of what I have done: Fresh 15w40 > pennzoil and filter, two new oil pressure switches, Tried a > known good instrument cluster off another van, checked oil > pressure at operating temp. > > Anyone have any ideas? Thankyou! > > > Paul Rich > pnkrich@aol.com > Technician > Quality Import Service > Elkhart, Indiana, USA
> 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon 2.1 L > > Trans: Automatic > Mileage: 100,000 miles > VIN: WV2YBO25XMH002708 > Fuel: Digifant 1 > > Symptoms: Stall > Occurs: Intermittently > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Hello. I'm a Mercedes tech who owns a Volkswagon Vanagon! I > just bought it, I have already had a couple of puzzleling > problems. Every once in a while, (maybe once or twice a > week) the van will just shut off at cruising speed. It will > re-start imediatly, maybe do that two or three times within > the next 10 minutes, and then it will clear up and run > perfectly for the next week. I can't have my wife and kids > drive around in the only european model van like that! I > cheked and adjusted CO%, timing and idle as per a factory > digifant 1 manual. The airflow meter harness has been > updated, I'm not sure when, but it has been done. Oxygen > sensor is very lazy, I have a new one comming, but i doubt > that would cause such a problem. Does any one know if this > is a mistery problem that just happen to land on my > personal van, or has someone else encountered a similar > situation and found the problem? Thankyou for taking time > to read This post. > > > Paul Rich > pnkrich@aol.com > Technician > Quality Import Service > Elkhart, Indiana, USA > > |
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