Interesting.. On my '88 I decided to try the rev limiter and the Tach spun all the way to the end of the red zone 6,000 RPM and no limiter cut in. I took my foot of the gas at that point not wanting to leave a trail of engine parts all over the road.  So I would not depend on the "rev limiter."

Todd

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From: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
> 5500rpm rev-limit if i recall correctly
>
> On 12/11/06, Airic <airic@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
> > I was driving my 1983.5 vanagon 1.9L after changing the antifreeze, it is
> starting to look like winter down here.  I was getting it in second gear, and it
> semed like the ignition cut out, similar to other vehicles I have driven when
> the rev limiter is hit.
> >
> > I looked at the rotor, and it did not seem like the aircooled rev limit type I
> rarely see on anything anymore.
> >
> > It only did it at high RPM and I never tried to rev up the other gears, so do
> these vehicles have a built in rev limiter, or do I need to start
> troubleshooting a high speed miss?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >