I have a problem with posts with no caps and sketchy punctuation.  If you
want help, why make readers struggle to read what you're trying to say?

Everything else being equal, there's no reason why new heads, in and of
themselves, would cause an engine to run extremely rich.  I suppose I could
conjure up scenarios where there was a specific problem with the old heads,
or injectors, or something,  that was compensated for by turning up the
fuel/air mixture and, once you had good heads in place, the rich fuel/air
mixture now reared its ugly head.  But to answer your direct question, no.
Now you need to find out why it's running rich when it wasn't before, I
assume.
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Reggie Rainard" <reelax27@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: 1990 vanagon heads

> 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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