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Date:         Tue, 27 Apr 1999 07:13:14 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Update: 81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle
Comments: To: Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.990426193436.10065B-100000@Sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU>
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and the crankcase vent to the intake manifold, causing a major vaccum leak thru the crankcase.

Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Tom Young wrote:

> On Sat, 1 May 1999, Eckie Prater wrote: > > > >Recap: I was experiencing a stalling problem when the engine was warm and > > >dropped to idle from running speed. It was also difficult to restart. > > >In addition, I was experiencing a lackluster performance overall, lots of > > >'hiccupping' (which I now know as 'missing') and generally slovenly > > >acceleration. > > > > My 82 air cooled had the same symptoms as above. > > I think it is one of the reasons the PO wanted to sell it. > > It had the tune up and a Petronics point replace module installed. > > Guess what? If the dip stick was just a little loose in the dip tube > > air sucked into the engine case. Ran like a big vacuum leak. > > If you push the dip stick in to the seal, problem solved. > > I'm sitting here trying to figure out why a loose dipstick would cause > the engine to run poorly, and I can't. I frequenly find my dipstick tube > out slightly and I've never noticed and poor performance when it's that > way, or any improvement when I push it back in. > > An air leak in the FI system can give you running problems for sure, but > the dipstick tube just opens into the case, so it's not the same thing. > > Anybody have any rational explainations? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU > Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >


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