You know, i'm beginning to think that it probably is a worn AFM. 
Vanagon is now with 219,000 miles.  If the AFM isn't worn out, it
certainly has a right to be.  This happened on a drive of about 18
miles--we had just driven out to Amish country from Iowa City to look
at kittens.

DB

On 6/20/05, Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey DB,
>  
> You are incorrect.  The Vanagon syndrome affects all water cooled Vanagons. 
> The original tech spec addressed only the 2.1 but soon after VW updated it
> to include all watercooled.  I had the same problem on my 84 - runs great
> but on a long drive you get the cut-outs and the bucking.  I installed the
> harness fix and no more problems.  If you are interested, I have another
> harness fix.  $80 plus shipping and its yours.
>  
> My only question woud be how quickly you are getting the bucking.  If it is
> happening on short drives, you may have another problem.  It could be that
> your AFM is worn out.
>  
> Z
> 
> 
> Donald Baxter <onanov@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> My '85 Vanagon seems to be exhibiting symptoms of the dreaded Vanagon
> syndrome. Is that possible? I thought this only happend in 1986 and
> later Vanagons. It has suffered from very rare intermittent cut-out
> before, but yesterday the vehicle exhibited violent bucking. This
> did occur after a short stretch of Iowa washboard gravel road. On
> driving the van later in the evening, it seemed fine.
> 
> DB
> 
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