i dont know if this is a coincodence or what, but i used one of those
"vanagon syndrome" AFM harness connectors (designed for a 2.1L) on my 1.9L and havent
had that problem since...

chris

In a message dated 5/22/06 5:47:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
davidgunning@PIVOT.NET writes:

>
> Used to be that one of my vanagon's deepest, darkest secrets was the
> occasional need to "hiccup"  (cough, cough) while tooling along down the road,
> minding it's own business.  It usually happens when going over a big bump in the
> road, a dreaded Maine leftover winter frostheave or springtime
> bottomless-pit-all-consuming pothole.  The usual treatment, which seems to work, is to
> change the sparkplugs, which eliminates the problem until the next time it
> happens.
>
> Recently spied a reference to someone else citing the "dreaded vanagon
> hiccup" on an internet web site, which suggests to me that this may be more a
> common problem than I initially realized.
>
> Wonder if there are any other vanagon drivers willing to come out of the
> closet concerning this issue?
>
> And, more significantly, what might be done (cough, cough) to eliminate the
> problem.
>
> Dave
>
> davigunning@pivot.net