Jaime, Try troubleshooting/testing the Hall sender on the distributor - my 87 had similiar problems and that fixed it. mike Jaime Bates wrote: > Still trying to get my 88' Vanagon staight..... > Had a problem with the tach shooting up to 3000 rpm's and dropping to > near shut off then taching back up again.I had alot of response from the > list GREATLY appriciated,Now we've changed the wires( coil wire feel > apart upon taking off!) cleaned all connections,tried to adjust > idle.Whats happening now is it's staying up at 2000 rpm's any > suggestions would be great. > Also have a purple hose connected to the throttle body, aprox 2 years > ago one end came off and motor was running at rough idle ,NOW if you > disconnect it does nothing could this be one of my problems that > something there is not working or clogged and is causing this ???? |
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