Date:         Fri, 28 May 1999 14:18:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: 87 Camper - engine cuts out on left turns
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Same happened to me a while back, but only when the van was cold, and it
only happened on this one stretch of road too, weird I thought, so I ignored
it, happened 1/2 doen times or so.........hasn't happened for the last 10
months....I'm also intrigued by the solution....

-Aaron McKay

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Harrnacker <vanagon@FCMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, May 28, 1999 12:39 PM
Subject: Fwd: 87 Camper - engine cuts out on left turns


>please send reply to kbristol@mvcc.net
>
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>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
>
>
>
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>
>Michael B. Harrnacker
>89 Vanagon GL Weekender
>91 Golf
>http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/jaguar/270
>vanagon@fcmail.com
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