Dieter sent me the note below by Pmail.  I'm a neophyte myself, so I would
hesitate to make any comments.   Perhaps one of the many experienced gurus
on the list can offer some suggestions.

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: <DieterKnittel@aol.com>
To: <DBAKER5@kc.rr.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: 1986GL update

> hi there,
> the smoke is black and it makes a light puffing sound, kinda like those
Hot
> rods have.
> It starts easy first turn of the key and it runs.
> With Idle stabilizer disconnected it runs at 1200 RPM till it dies.
> With stabilizer connected it runs at 3000 RPM and then starts Jerking and
> puffing and dies.
> No lights or anythink happen at the dash board controls.
> I even disconnected the Plugwire at the AFM meter and it was running for a
> while till it just stoped again.
> Now i know that is no big info i can give you, but that is all i have at
the
> time.
> Dieter
> 1986 Vanagon GL. 2.1 4 speed