=
; Here is an item for everyones interest. My '87 Westy has been r=
unning
crappy for the last few days and seemed to be getting worse. Backf=
iring
through the exhaust had me thinking burnt valve. Yesterday I took =
the time
to start digging and find out what was going on. Looked first at t=
he
distributor cap to find it full of dirt and the carbon seized up in its =
hole.
Cleaned the cap, rotor and inners, then stretched the carbon sprin=
g and put
the cap back in place and started up the engine. Seemed better but=
still
popping through the exhaust.
Removed spark plugs to have a look =
see and found plugs at # 2 and # 3
cylinders had cracked and missing porcelain. What's that all about=
? The
colour of the plugs were good and these plugs Bosch WR7DTC's were put in=
22,400 km ago ! STRANGE ! Anyways, I took a compression read=
ing while I had
the plugs out and found #1 - 125 lbs, #2 - 140 lbs, #3 - 120 lbs, #4 - 1=
35
lbs. Not perfect but acceptable for an engine with 350,000 km on t=
he clock
and original engine. Put new Bosch WR7DTC's in and stated up the e=
ngine and
VOILA ! Running great again !
Found=
my oxy sensor not working in the process so unpluged it and
the engine seems to run fine with it unplugged. But, stumbles at idle wi=
th it
plugged in. Will order up a new one. The one that's in there=
now is the
generic one from The Bus Depot put in 47,003 km ago.
Cheers
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
BusFusion a =
VW Camper event in Almonte, June 7-10
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains
Member: Vanagon List, LiMBO, IWCCC & Capital City VW Club
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
STEBRO/Vanagon Stain=
less Steel Mufflers
Frank Condelli &a=
mp; Associates or http://frankcondelli.com