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Subject:Re: Digifant Tool
From:Karl F. Bloss
Date:Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:09:36 -0500

> I have solved my hesitation / intermittent low power off the line / poor
> gas mileage problem!  Using my Digi-Tool I discovered that my throttle
> position switch was only closing at full-throttle and not at no-throttle.

There are an incredible number of Vanagons running around that have a bad or
maladjusted throttle switch.  I'd say half of the vans I hook my Digitool into
have this problem.  The Digitool catches this instantly without and ohmmeter
and crawling around in the back.

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 192K miles
http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/
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