Air-cooled, right?  On the front (FIF) left hand top of the engine you'll
probably see a single wire that disappears into the cooling shroud.  Right
over the top of cylinder #3.  On the other end of the wire is the notorious
'temp sensor #2'.  If it has loosened up a bit or if it has failed it will
give you an extreme rich condition.  Takes a 14mm as I remember.  Might give
it a look-see.

Jim Arnott
WetWesties
Union, OR

Carl Krucke wrote:
>
> So rich in fact, I can't drive the thing...
>
> 82 Vanagon L was cruising merrily along at a pretty good clip a couple weeks
> ago, when I suddenly lost power and started blowing huge clouds of dark
> smoke, proportional in density to throttle position.  Limped a few more
> miles and eventually parked it.  Was able to restart it a couple times, but
> it skipped and stuttered and smoked heavily, definitely wouldn't idle.  Rode
> home with the flatbed driver.  For the day, about 40 miles on a fresh tank
> of gas, and it was down to nearly a half tank when the sun fell.
>