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Subject:Re: 84 wet weather problem
From:Aristotle Sagan
Date:Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:23:19 -0800

You are probably missing your engine compartment tin.

tim (or is it tin) in san jose

>From: Alan Gondry <agondry@ATTBI.COM>
>Reply-To: Alan Gondry <agondry@ATTBI.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: 84 wet weather problem
>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:17:35 -0800
>
>It seems that the Pacific Northwest rain period causes my van to hard
>start.
>
>My final solution is to replace the distributor cap and rotor and spray the
>ECU and Flowmeter plug and inside the Flowmeter.
>
>After sputtering and blowing out carbon the van seems fine.
>
>Why is this the way it is?  Is this common?
>
>Also it seems that the van is suseptable to low or no spark.  Since it is
>working I am not a fan of replacement, but is there a part that needs
>replacing?

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