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Subject:Re: 1990 vanagon heads
From:kevin obrien
Date:Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:58:03 -0700

Hi:

Double and triple check your ground connections. My
1990 did the same after a head job...gave me fits for
a month until the mechanic found the bad ground wire.
They can be tricky to find....
Kevin

--- Reggie Rainard <reelax27@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> hi all,
>   i have a 1990 vanagon with a near new engine
> (55,000
> miles) and i put new heads on it (old heads from
> engine were used previously). i managed to put
> everything back togather, oil water (in place of
> antifreeze to check that it was water tight) and the
> car turned over with no problem. as soon as it
> turned
> over it would run really rich and then choke and
> barely stay runnin, is this a normal occurance when
> you first start up your car after haveing the heads
> replaced?
>
>                               thanks,
>                               Reggie Rainard
>                               Wheaton MD
>
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