So the capacitor is the solution, eh?  How come so many listees seem to be
throwing other parts at it still?  They just haven't caught on yet?

Yeah, it was kind of a shame to lose the wolfie, but now I have a syncro
westy and am totally in love again!

Mick Kalber
89 Syncro Westy "Daddy-O"
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence Johnson [mailto:larry_avery.johnson@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:17 AM
To: Mick Kalber; vanagon
Subject: Re: Cutting out problem

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