Thank you everyone for your responses.  Since yesterday I now have a K&N
airfilter on it so hopefully I will not have any more problems.  From now on I
will keep an eye on it after I bring it to be repaired.  I'm glad that I checked
it now because next week I am making a 3000 mile moving drive in the Vanagon
from Jersey City to Tacoma, WA.  That would have been messy without an
airfilter.

Thanks again for everyones' help.

John
86 Syncro
Jersey City, NJ