----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 =
6:13
AM
Subject: (no subject)
Joel and =
everyone :),
Haven't been able to get any mechanic who knows anything about =
vanagons
here.
Not even the VW dealer will bother with me. =
Infact they
don't even sell the
new Eurovans. This is info. I've =
collected on my
own and with my dad's help
(he is a mechanic of domestics) we are =
trying
to learn about this van. I am
almost sure it has to be in =
the
airflow box area beacause when I unplug the
airflow box and try to =
drive
it-it does the same thing it does in the rain
(not always in the =
rain but
95% of time). But what the heck do I know-I am
not a =
mechanic nor do
I play one on T.V. My van has 52,000 original miles on
it and it =
has a lot
of problems. The oil alarm keeps going off (next
project) =
and then
this "airflow problem" . Vanagon list has been my main =
source
of info on my van. Already spent $1000 on 3 different mechanics =
(one
was a foreign car specialist) and none of them could figure out =
the
problem.
It was a vanagon owner of 7 other Vanagons that =
told me to
try and unplug the
airflow box to see what happens. So I did =
and it
replicated the problem so I
replaced the box and plug that goes =
into the
box. I don't know what to
think. And apparently none =
of the
mechanics do either. The best thing I can
say is I am =
learning to do
a lot of repairs to my van which is pretty darn
good for me who =
only knew
how tho change her oil 6 months ago.
Stace