John:

Take a look at the following: 1) Has either end of the black rubber elbow
boot between throttle and air flow meter come loose? 2) Are the two big
hoses that go into the elbow loose? 3) Has the electrical connector on the
AFM come loose; 4) Are all the pins and contacts on the connector between FI
cable and ECU clean?

Hope this helps.

John H. Lauterbach, Ph.D., DABT
211 Old Club Court
Macon, GA 31210-4708 USA

Tel.  478-474-3027
Fax  478-474-0117
Cell  478-731-2966
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Houser" <JohnHJhouser@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: HELP! Engine Problem

> Volks,
>
> This morning on the way to breakfast, my 84 Westy's engine died.
>
> When I tried to crank it, it would crank and immediately die.  If I could
get
> it to rev up, it would die when I let out the clutch.  If you have had
this
> problem please let me know what you did to fix it.
>
> TIA,
> John Houser, Jr.