Date:         Mon, 2 Nov 1998 07:50:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Organization: WetWesties & DreamCatcher
Subject:      Today's forwards from "professional" techs
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Here's a couple of more "pros" looking for help.  Please reply to them, not me.

First, a successful repair.

Jim Arnott
Union, OR


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> 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
>
>