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Subject:Re: hesitation
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:30:49 -0400

At 01:03 PM 7/15/2006 -0700, Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:
I often find it ('84) is hesitant when first getting moving from a dead
>stop & that a quick blip of the throttle before engaging the clutch
>overcomes this.  But if this is not normal or there is a real fix or
>adjustment then I'm interested.

It's not normal.  Is your idle stabilizer working correctly?  You can
check it pretty easily on our 1.9l engines with Digijet by putting on
a timing light.  If the stabilizer is doing its job the timing at
idle will be constantly jumping around.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"