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Subject:Re: Bucking and Snorting on Fwy
From:Randy Charrette
Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:43:31 -0500
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<P>Go to vanagon.com and do an archive search for "hesitation". Tons of info and test procedures. 2 possibilities that stuck out. 02 sensor and ECU. When it stumbles next time, unpluge the 02 sensor. I would also start with that if your "shooting from the hip". It's cheap!</P>
<P>Randy Charrette</P>
<P>87 Syncro<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Bob Stevens <MTBIKERBOB@MSN.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: Bob Stevens <MTBIKERBOB@MSN.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Bucking and Snorting on Fwy
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:43:48 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Know I've seen this problem visited on here but don't have firm
<DIV></DIV>&gt;memory of
<DIV></DIV>&gt;the solution...or actually what the problem is...help please:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;On my way to work today, about 10 minutes after starting my precious
<DIV></DIV>&gt;beast,
<DIV></DIV>&gt;I was accelerating onto the freeway and had very little
<DIV></DIV>&gt;accelleration at
<DIV></DIV>&gt;first, then when holding the accelerator down, it began to slow
<DIV></DIV>&gt;gradually.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;(On my way to the freeway on surface streets, no problem.) I pulled
<DIV></DIV>&gt;to the
<DIV></DIV>&gt;right side of the roadway and shifted down into "2" (automatic) and
<DIV></DIV>&gt;same
<DIV></DIV>&gt;results. When I would pump the pedal quickly it would accelerate
<DIV></DIV>&gt;slightly
<DIV></DIV>&gt;while sputtering and bucking. When I held the pedal still it would
<DIV></DIV>&gt;only
<DIV></DIV>&gt;slowly decellerate. and finally smoothed out and I could proceed as
<DIV></DIV>&gt;normal.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Question: is this the idle/air mixture device behind the right rear
<DIV></DIV>&gt;tailight?
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Bob Stevens
<DIV></DIV>&gt;'91 Westy
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