Date:         Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:37:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Gary E Thaxter <gthaxter@DGTDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Gary E Thaxter <gthaxter@DGTDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1987 Syncro Bogging/jerking/hesitation
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>  My baby is acting strange (1987 Vanagon Syncro 130,000miles).  Symptoms
>started last week when driving a two hour drive on the highway, she started
>bogging at speed 40min into the trip (like someone had squeezed the fuel
>line).


Was it wet when you were driving?  If not, ignore the rest of this.


I went on a trip when my 86 syncro started to do the same.  It was awful
weather.  I made it to a parts store and bought some "ignition dry-and-go".
I had to spray my O2 sensor wires with it.  (It took me a good while to
figure out that it was the O2 sensor, I just sprayed everything that might
be affected by the water.)  It still acts up once in a while in the rain or
slush, quick spray, good for day.  (I am replacing it, just haven't had a
chance yet)

It seems that when I was driving slower, it wouldn't get wet enough to act
up, but at highway speeds, the heat from the exhaust wasn't enough to keep
it dry.

Hope it helped.

Gary Thaxter
74 transporter (panel)
78 westy
85 kombi
86 syncroGL