Chris,

A new AFM and O2 sensor cured my westy of that same problem, FWIW.

Mike and Sierra

87 westy
87 wolf
96 jetta
89 jetta

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Christopher Pierce
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:25 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: that bucking syndrome?

this is my first time in here and after reading a few of the emails. i
think
i may have the same problem as others do with my 87 syncro vanagon...

after it's warmed up, it starts bucking, losing power, etc, but when you
turn the key off and back on again it is fine for another few
miles...i've
had this problem for about 8 years with this vanagon, but now it's
really
bad and i simply don't know what to do about it...i had the gas tank
replaced and it's been bad since that was done...and the guy who knows
the
most about my van doesn't have any idea what it is..

any solutions out there? i think i better sell it because it's simply
not
reliable any more...

thanks,

chris pierce