Have you checked the ignition switch?  Are you = sure that this is related to rain? 

While driving, try fiddling with the ignition switch = a little bit and see if the motor cuts out.  Jiggle it again and = see if it comes back on.

Parts of your description make this sound very = likely.  (I just had this happen to me today, as a matter of fact, = and I will be ordering an ignition switch pretty quick = here...)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Richard C Welsh
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 2:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Damnagon stutter !@#$
>
>
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Richard C =
> Welsh/MSD/US/PBI on 06/07/2000
> 05:34 PM ---------------------------
>
>
> Richard C Welsh
> 06/07/2000 05:26 PM
>
> To:
> cc:
>
> Subject:  Damnagon stutter !@#$
>
> My schitzo '87 2.1L assumed its evil alter ego = personality
> yesterday during a
> hellacious downpour and kept loosing = power/dying every 1-2
> minutes.  I've had
> highway-stutter before around 4000 rpm, but it = usually worked
> itself out after
> loping for a bit.
>
> here's the scenerio: (very rainy, 50 degrees) = An hour into
> the trip it starts
> loosing power under acceleration at 3000-4000 = rpm.  it then
> stalls, but will
> start up if i turn the ignition off and then on = again. 
> sometimes it'll run for
> a few minutes, other times only 30-60 = seconds.  despite the
> rain, everything in
> the engine compartment seems pretty dry.
>
> i'm thinking its an electrical or fuel system = problem:
>
> -could the fuel pump or fuel injection relay = overheat/fail
> and shut off power to
> the pump or injection system? i learned a while = back that the
> pump will kick on
> for a few seconds when you crank the engine, = then shut down
> unless the engine
> starts.  (it seems that could lead to fuel = starvation)  When
> it dies, it doesn't
> sputter, it just cuts off and coasts w/o = power.
>
> -how do you test an ignition coil/related = ignition components?
>
> -isn't there a over-rev limiter built into the = digifant
> system?  if this is
> engaging at around 4000 instead of 6000 rpm, = would it shut
> the engine down or
> just prevent additional RPM's?
>
> -btw, i just replaced the fuel pressure = regulator and fuel
> filter recently.
>
> as always, thanks for your advice.
>
> -Curt
>