has the van been sitting for a while over one year? if so then its possible
that the fuel is burning slower slow enough to still be burning in the
exhaust. replace the fuel dont burn it or add to it
B Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zoran Mladen" <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 11:25 AM
Subject: VERY hot exhaust issues

> Hey folks,
>
> On our recently purchased 89 Wolfsburg, we were checking out the engine
> towards the evening hours, and noticed all four exhaust pipes (where they
> come of the heads) were glowing red hot when we held the RPMs around 2500
> RPMs for a few minutes.
>
> This does not seem normal to me.  My thought is a partial clog in the cat
> or muffler.
>
> Do folks agree or is there something else to check?
>
> Z
>
>
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