Your ECU is protecting you and your engine from yourself.  It shuts off the
fuel pump at 5300.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "James T." <jboldway@INTCON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: RPM question

> Hello!
> I've got a 1985 Westy with 195K on the motor but 6K on the fuel injectors.
My
> max RPM is 5200-5300 before the engine "cuts out." Is this a VW thing
where the
> computer shuts down the engine at about 5300 RPM? Sometimes I really need
to
> rev this thing to get up to speed such as freeway on-ramps. Should it cut
out
> at 5300 RPM and lose all power? I see no reason it shouldn't spin up to
6000
> RPM. My souped slant 6 with an oversquare engine could turn 6300 RPM for a
> while and my bugs could hit 6500 in short bursts (OK, I did blow them up
> occasionally such as exploded cylinder walls . . . .). 6000 RPM in a
souped bug
> was no problem. This thing seems to lose all power at 5200 -5300 RPM. Is
this
> normal?
>
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