---- Original Message ----
From: jpalmer@MTS.NET
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging-UPDATE
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:00:17 -0600

>My 85 Westfalia only bucks under exactly the same circumstances -
>high
>humidity, up or down a grade, and resulting lousy mileage.  What
>does the
>grade have to do with anything?
>
>Jeff
>85 Westfalia GL
>Winnipeg (thankfully the flat dry prairie)
>
>
>> I had the same problems with my 85 Westy.  Exactly the same
>problem.
>>
>> I took it to my all-knowing VW specialist.  He said that there are
>two
>> things that could cause this.  First was the O2 sensor.  He
>disconnected
>> it.  All was good for a couple days and then instead of bucking,
>it died
>> going up hills on trips, especially while it was raining.  Of
>course it
>> was a very thirsty little van as well.
>>
>>When I was in Europe, my car was misbehaving in wet weather.  I
found out that the top of the tank had some little holes in there
from rusting.  As one of the mechanics said, it is pretty common.
If the car is up or down it may introduce water easier to the line, I
guess, since the water is heavier than the gas.  So, it sounds we are
talking about water in the system.  Maybe only a little.
My couple of centimos...
Zoltan
>