On 3/10/05 18:43, "Sam Johnson" <wrey45@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Hello Vanagon Gurus,
>                   First of all thanks for the tons of info that helped
> me to keep my Westy running for these past twenty one years (1984 Westy).
> I just replaced the original motor but I've noticed that one in every four
> starts causes a loud bang when first starting. Motor works great except
> for this loud bang on some starts. Any ideas as to what causes this -
> motor mounts perhaps?
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
On a 82 vanagon it was vacuum and temp sender probs causing probs with the
timing.
On my subie mod it was a bad exhaust flange gasket.
On a neighbors Ford it was two bad plugs.
 
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