Date:         Fri, 28 May 1999 18:41:27 -0400
Reply-To:     Pat Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Pat Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Subject:      Re: 87 Camper - engine cuts out on left turns
In-Reply-To:  <199905281236335@vanagon.fcmail.com>
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My VW caddy would stall going around right turns with 1/2 tank or less.
The pickup tube inside the tank had gone bad and the gas was not reaching
the fuel pump when sloshed about through the turn.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Michael Harrnacker
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 4:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fwd: 87 Camper - engine cuts out on left turns
>
>
> please send reply to kbristol@mvcc.net
>
> ---- Begin Included Message ----
>
> I bought an '87 Westfalia camper two years ago.  Now has 105,000 miles
> on it.  Everything is fine except that when I turn left (from a stop, on
> a rural road, in town) the engine cuts out and loses power
> intermittently.  It never stalls completely, but if the accelerator is
> depressed at all it bucks.  The only solution is to enter a left turn
> with enough momentum to carry you through the turn and keep the throttle
> closed.
> Has anyone else experienced this?  My local, independent VW mechanic is
> stymied.  Has replaced the wiring harness with an upgraded unit;
> tinkered with the injection throttle body, et al.  Says he has one other
> customer with similar vintage VW bus that does the same thing.
> Any idea what might be wrong and how to correct it?
> Kent Bristol
> kbristol@mvcc.net
>
>
>
> ---- End Included Message ----
>
>
>
> Michael B. Harrnacker
> 89 Vanagon GL Weekender
> 91 Golf
> http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/jaguar/270
> vanagon@fcmail.com
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