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Date:         Fri, 21 May 1999 10:42:49 -0500
Reply-To:     "John Y. Hung" <jhung@ENG.AUBURN.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "John Y. Hung" <jhung@ENG.AUBURN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: new hall sensor unit
Comments: cc: Graham Challis <gchallis@CENTUM.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <199905210651.BAA23960@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
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Dear Graham,

How much did the new sensor cost?

John Hung

p.s. to Ron Salmon at Bus Depot. Do you have a sensor for an '84 GL?

>Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:50:16 -0700 >From: Graham Challis <gchallis@CENTUM.COM> >Subject: Intermittant loss of power at high altitudes in '90 GL > >I was filling out a repair shop recommendation for Karl's VW shop list and >thought the list might be interested in the problem that R.C. Imports in El >Cerrito CA (near the BART station) was able to immediately fix that the VW >dealers never had a clue about: > >I bought my van new, always serviced it at the VW dealer for the first 6 >years. Whenever I drove over Donner Pass (altitude around 7500') the engine >would start cutting out and stumbling. This would continue for a few miles >or so. The next day, still at high altitude everything would be fine and >then coming home to the Bay Area everything would be OK as well. The >dealers replaced plugs, wires, coils etc.etc. They always "fixed" the >problem until I went up again. > >In '96 I asked RC about it they immediately identified the problem as either >a bad hall effect sensor unit in the distributor or F.I. black box. I put >off fixing it for a bit (wasn't going skiing!) but then one day it stumbled >and died in El Cerrito. I towed it to RC, they put in a new sensor and it's >never stumbled again. > >Believe it........or not! > >Graham >90 GL Country home camper


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