Sounds like Vanagon Syndrome?

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Creasy" <mkc1@LOCALNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:55 PM
Subject: Curious Hesitation

> Greetings List,
>     It's finally my turn to consult the list.  I'm having a hesitation
> problem which just surfaced.  We were driving for about 1.5 hours and
while
> at cruising speed , a mild hesitation or dead spot in acceleration started
> and got slowly worse until I stopped at a gas station and popped the hatch
> to look and wiggle plugs, o2 wire and connection, idle stab. connections,
> temp sensor 2 etc.  After about 15 mins. we set out again to Christmas
shop
> and all was well.  Starting and stopping all day, no problem.  Return trip
,
> all was well until about 1.5 hours or about 90 miles and it's back.
> Progressively increasing but allowing me to get home.  Got any ideas ?  I
> was having a drop in gas milage from almost 20mpg to 11mpg.
>     I guess I should tell you its a '85 1.9 wbx stock GL Westy.  It's been
> running fine until the mpg drop and now this.
> I was poking around yesterday checking FI components to make sense of the
> milage drop and got low resistance readings at temp sensor 2 .  With the
> temp as cold value should have been 5-6 k ohm and was just 1k.
>     Oh by the way, there was also a hard starting situation earlier this
> week and that led me to check the cold start valve, temp sensor 2 and the
o2
> sensor.   I think thats all the pertinent facts so humble me with your
> wisdom.
>
>                                                                 Dave
Creasy
> '78 Westy
> '85 Westy
> '93 EVMV 5 sp.
>
>