Shawn,
I don't have my Bentley manual here.. so not sure..

but you might want to check this over..

http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/intermitt._syndrome.htm

http://www.loam.org/vw/  solving vanagon drivability complants.

Mike

At 08:16 PM 3/25/2003 -0800, Shawn Wright wrote:
>Since the untimely illness (read rust) of our faithful Jetta TD, our
>normally summer-
>use-only Westy has been put into full kid hauling service for the past 6
>weeks or so. I
>noticed the fairly intermittent miss that I've seen off & on for years
>seemed to have
>become worse since last year, and suspecting water in the fuel, I tried a
>few doses of
>gas line af. It seemed to have little effect, and the problem has now
>turned into fairly
>regular stalling soon after a cold start, soon after a warm start (ie:
>sitting 20-30
>minutes after a long drive), plus the very occasional bucking has now
>become much
>more common.
>I just read through sec24 of the Bentley, but suspect the problem may lie
>in the
>ignition section28 referred to at the end of sec24.
>Can anyone shed some light on what are the most common causes of the symptoms
>I'm seeing? Are the Bentley meter tests likely to reveal anything? It
>seems they
>should only reveal a dead sensor or circuit, where what I'm seeing is more
>intermittent, so I'm afraid a "best guess" approach might be needed.
>
>We have a trip planned at Easter into the interior, so I'd rather have
>this fixed before
>then...
>
>Thanks :-)
>
>Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager
>Shawnigan Lake School
>swright@SLS.bc.ca
>http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
>http://www.sls.bc.ca