Year and engine are easy to tell with this one: I'll
bet its an 86-91 2.1l.

The symptoms are classic. Googling "Vanagon Syndrome"
will tell all.

Tom F.

--- John Lane <westy_cruisin@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Um...what year? Engine..etc.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: SKP <skp@ONSHAKYGROUND.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:56:51 PM
> Subject: Bucking/misfire on the Freeway.
>
>
> I am hoping someone can shed some light on
> particularly difficult problem.
>
> When driving on the freeway for a while, I have an
> abrupt bucking/misfire.
> It is very specific in that it happens only when I
> slightly let off the
> accelerator and will go away for a few minutes if I
> press the accelerator
> firmly  or release the accelerator.  Sometimes this
> behavior will continue
> until I stop the car or may simply stop the behavior
> on its own.
>
> The only discernable pattern is that if the road
> requires acceleration and
> deceleration, the problem doesn�t surface.  If there
> is a steady constant
> speed, and I slightly lift the accelerator, the
> behavior begins.
>

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