Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 21:14:10 -0700
Reply-To: "Lee F. Schelin" <lschelin@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "Lee F. Schelin" <lschelin@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Thank you Clifford, Joel, Matthew, Darrel, Bill, Dave,
... for helping to solve 'Vanagon dying while driving'
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My 86 GL was also dying, it would run fine and then just fade away. I'd
push in the clutch, coast to the side of the road and it would sit there
and idle. I'd turn the engine off, start it up again and it would be
fine for a day or so.
Finally put Redline injector cleaner in the gas tank a week ago and
haven't had the problem since.
Lee...
Buick Nailhead Powered 47 Ford Tudor
86 Vanagon GL
Alfred Bagdan wrote:
> I would like to express my thanks to all of you who helped me solve
> the problem.Also, please do not feel slighted if your name is not
> mentioned, as I can not recall everyone. I have just completed a 3600
> km(2250 mi) trip through beautiful but very mountainous British
> Columbia. The 85Vanagon ran flawlessly for the whole trip and the gas
> mileage was a respectable 24 miles/Imp.gal.(19.2 mi/US gal).The van
> was fully loaded with 4 people, camping gear plus an additional box
> attached to a rear rack. I did 4 things that may have solved the
> problem: Cleaned the contacts of the AFM meter. The meter seems to
> have a crack in the circuitboard just at the
> very beginning. As a result the resistance goes to maximum almost
> immediately and stays that way for the
> rest of the swing of the contact. I was going to replace the meter
> before going on the trip but ran out of time.I did put in the
> capacitor modification before I left though. Cleaned the contacts with
> a good contact cleaner.
> This probably solved the bucking problem.Should I replace the AFM as
> for city driving it runs to lean and may cause some damage? Replaced
> the ignition cylinder and switch as there was some play. Rattling the
> keys while driving caused theengine to quit. This may have really
> solved the intermittent stalling problem. Replaced the oxygen sensor
> as I was replacing the collector pipe anyway. I don't know if that
> had anythingto do with the bucking or stalling. Put a bottle of
> injector cleaner (Chevron brand containing Techron) in the gas
> tank. That's it. Runs great. This is the love phase of my love-hate
> relationship with the van. Thanks again to all of you who
> helped. Alfred
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