I just got back from a long weekend to mamoth from san diego  almost 10,000 ft
altitude in a day . the O2 sensors had a riot . on the way up i reset the
computer 3 times by restarting ther engine a few times (i heard that the last 20
starts are stored in memory) but on the way down what a nightmare. the only
thing that stoped the jerky engine jolts was stopping for a few minutes. a day
later all is well (it was a 7 hr downhill run at 70 mph & the engine was running
really cold). I recently replaced the sensor on the exhaust so i am assuming its
at the intake end of things. anyway its goin to get checked out this week cause
it cant be good for the drive train. finally who has had a major computer
failure, is it common (had alot of time to think about it on the way back)

Karl M wrote:

> From: "Karl M" <THEWESTYMAN@MINDSPRING.COM>
>
> I am planning to leave for a month-long journey on the 20th of March, to CC
> ski and snowboard in Montana, Wyoming , and Oregon. Maybe Colorado and
> northern California also. I plan to take I-80 most of the way, until
> Cheyenne, where my GF will be meeting me via aeroplane. We will the slow
> down and slowly go through western WY, MT, and across ID into the Mt. Hood
> /Portland area for a few weeks. Then across through UT, and into Steamboat
> Springs, CO. Final traverse across to NC and hopefully to make it to
> EveryBus 2000. The purpose of this letter is to ask if anyone along the
> route wants to get together and CC ski, snowboard, drink some great bier, or
> just shoot the breeze about Vanagons / Syncros / Diesels, or life in
> general. I will be proudly driving my dear old friend 'Otto', a
> Canadian-spec Syncro Westy that I converted last year to a 1.9 litre
> turbodiesel. This will be his maiden voyage testing the merits of the latest
> and greatest improvements, including the Permacool /Mazda RX-7 oil-cooler,
> Passat VR-6 airbox, TP (yes, toilet paper!) oil filtration system, new
> turbo, 6-gauge auxiliary instrument cluster, and upgraded engine mounting
> system.  Wish me luck, lotsa tailwinds, and cool fluids! Hope to see a few
> of you on the trip, or at EveryBus 2000!
>
> Karl von M�llendorf
> WestyVentures
> 1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9 TD 'Otto'
> 1988 Audi 80 Quattro 'Car'
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