

| Subject: | Re: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed) |
| From: | John Runberg |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:29:29 -0400 |
Runs fine just no power. No missing or anything. Higher rpms seem better. On Apr 16, 2008, at 10:19 PM, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: > Does it run fine once you're up to speed? Possibly vacuum line to the > distributor. Did you check all vacuum hoses? > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of > John Runberg > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:39 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed) > > Anyone have a moment to share their opinion? We were supposed to go > camping this weekend but the westy's conspiring against us :( > > Basically, there's no low-end power -- ex. if we're going 45mph in > 4th and go to accelerate it just lags. Try 35mph in 4th and nothing. > It'll get there after a little, but this is just not right. Downshift > and it's better, but not great. > > Details: 1983.5 Westy with a 1.9 engine, rebuilt 25k ago. New plugs/ > cap/rotor/wires. Had bad throttle response and replaced the AFM with > a known-good unit. No gas smell. Idles fine. > > Ideas? Tomorrow I'm going to start going through it -- any thoughts > appreciated! > > john >
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