Howdy Vanagon aficionados,
Something unfortunate happened to my poor westie last night and I need
to find a mechanic in Austin who is relatively quick, inexpensive and
over-all trustworthy (man, am I dreaming of the perfect mechanic here).
What happened is that I turned off my van and it dieseled for a bit and
died eventually, not too bad I thought, just carbon deposits. Then I go
out to start it about 45minutes later and it shook pretty bad when
trying to start at first, then it started (only after depressing the gas
pedal down a ways) and it would make a loud noise like something in
cylinder 1 was banging around inside (it checked it with a timing
light). For the very short time I tried to run it, the shaking went away
but it was still banging loudly from around cylinder 1, and it quieted a
bit when the RPM's increased, but I let it go to idle and it died
quickly. So now it sits in from of the video store parking garage on
29th and Guadalupe waiting for help. Sorry about not including my van
specs in my previous e-mail, but I have a 1983 Air Cooled (CV engine
code) Vanagon Westfalia with the Weber dual progressive carb. Also a
matter about the urgency, the only reason I need a mechanic that is
semi-quick is that I need it done by Wednesday of next week so some
friends and I (who are all down here attending UT Austin) can go home
for thanksgiving (In El Paso).
Thanks in advanced,
Patrick