Mick Kalber wrote:

> <snip>I remember my mechanic and I worked on the problem for a long time...
> changed the ecu, fuel filter, fuel pump, etc, etc.  Never did figure out
> what it was.  This problem went on for a year or more... sometimes it would
> hapen several times a week... then not at all for months at a time.  That
> was why I finally sold it

What a shame. :-(
This "Vanagon Syndrome" is well understood by both VW and real people. VW has a
$100 wiring harness to "fix" the problem. Real people have a $0.55 capacitor
"fix". The real problem is the screwy programming in the Digifant gets confused
and shuts down. VW never admitted this error.

> (other than the fact that I wanted a 4WD), it
> scared me... I kept thinking it was a precursor to something more serious,
> but nothing else ever came of it.
>
> Is this the same problem you all are talking about?  And for all the
> discussion on this list and all the brilliant minds working on it (and I'm
> not being facetious about that), has no one ever figured out what the
> problem is?

It literally took years to convince VW that there was a problem.
-Larry