It would seem that the shaking has either loosened some crap in the fuel
tank, or broken a wire somewhere.  Start at the fuel filter and work your
way back.  Check the fuel pressure at the regulator.  It could be crapped
up.  If the pump is noisy, it is probably either starved at the inlet, or
running too high a pressure due to a bad regulator.  Look for broken ground
wires or a sensor connection that has come loose.  Remove and clean as many
connectors as you can.  Must of been a rough ride.

                                                        Jay  '85 Westy

Raul Cisneros <Merrag@AOL.COM> on 10/10/2001 10:15:04 AM

Please respond to Merrag@AOL.COM

To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
cc:    (bcc: Jay L Snyder/AE/DuPont)
Subject:  Re: Low Power woes...

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In a message dated 10/9/01 11:42:28 PM, wayout@IX.NETCOM.COM writes:
<< The other day, after a particularly rough ride through a cobblestone=

alley,
my van started to run at about 1/2 power... >>
Jake,
Possibly the jarring over the cobblestone caused an elderly catalitic
converter to bust up its ceramic core which caused a partial clog leadi=
ng
to
low power. Can you get up to speed (slowly?) and cruise at low RPM=E2=80=
? OK?
Something like this happened to me once and I was able to verify a clog=
 and
get home by taking off the O2 sniffer cap on the J pipe right before th=
e
Cat.
Raul Cisneros
NY

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