Happy Friday :) said so sweet!

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
>Sent: May 2, 2008 2:00 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: lurching engine
>
>When I read the title the first time I was
>reminded of the Adams Family.
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>Then I remembered how I was plagued with lurching
>on a roadtrip to the East coast in 1997.
>In my case, it was a bad airflow meter.
>
>Just one more thing to consider .
>
>Bucking as it is commonly called. 3,000 miles of
>it!!
>And when I got home, I joined the Vanagon list
>and you gave me the answer to this .
>I replaced the AFM and added the capacitor
>harness.
>
>Robert
>1982 Westfalia
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>--- Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
>
>> Lurching could be many things and could be as
>> simple as bad motor mounts
>> at part throttle on and off the gas the engine
>> will give and take enough for
>> the cable to be to tight and lurch
>> down hill in forth gear sounds right for this
>> condition
>>
>> Bob
>> Boston Engine
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Drew" <john.p.drew@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:15 PM
>> Subject: lurching engine
>>
>>
>> > Hi All:Border Stories has made it out of
>> Texas, through New Mexico and
>> > into
>> > Arizona, but there are now some concerns
>> about our vanagon's ability to
>> > reach California without a total and
>> potentially dangerous breakdown (we
>> > might be passing through some "rough" areas
>> on the Mexican side).
>> >
>> > The reasons for concern are the following:
>> >
>> > After driving 150 miles or so (yesterday), we
>> reached a slightly higher
>> > altitude along the southern state line
>> between N. Mexico and Arizona (at
>> > one
>> > point I think we nearly hit 6000 feet), the
>> car started to occasionally
>> > lurch, as if it were running out of gas (the
>> tank was full and there were
>> > no
>> > gas leaks however). At first I noticed that
>> this only happened going down
>> > hills in the highest gear (4th), but after a
>> bit it actually happened
>> > going
>> > up hill too and eventually, in all gears.
>> Fortunately, our gradual ascent
>> > leveled off and for the most part, the
>> lurching went away but my feeling
>> > is
>> > that after another long drive and any more
>> significant descents or
>> > ascents,
>> > it will come back. Any idea what might be
>> causing this and how we might be
>> > able to fix it?
>> >
>> > In addition to this lurching phenomenon, we
>> also experienced a scare this
>> > morning when I noticed that the temp gauge
>> had risen above the light in
>> > the
>> > dashboard. I stopped before the light went on
>> and checked the coolant tank
>> > to see what was happening. Sure enough,
>> coolant was coming out the side of
>> > it (but not the top where the cap sits). It
>> did not look as if the tank
>> > had
>> > pulled any coolant over from the reserve tank
>> though because the coolant
>> > level in there was where it should be. I made
>> sure the screws that appear
>> > to
>> > keep the top half of the tank fastened to the
>> bottom half were secure and
>> > then started driving again, watching the
>> gauge carefully. I also turned on
>> > the heater, as stop-gap measure. As it turns
>> out, the gauge never rose
>> > above
>> > the light bulb again and we were able to
>> reach the southeast corner of the
>> > Arizona/Mexico border safely and without
>> losing anymore coolant from the
>> > tank or reserve tank. The only thing I can
>> think of is that I might have
>> > driven out of last night's camping spot in a
>> low gear, pushing the rpms a
>> > bit, but other than that, the car seemed
>> normal until I noticed the temp.
>> > gauge going up a few miles down the highway.
>> We had not driven for more
>> > than
>> > 5 miles when this happened but the problem
>> did not come back after we
>> > settled into  highway driving at 50 mph with
>> the heater on.
>> >
>> > My rather naive opinion is that these two
>> incidents are not related, and
>> > may
>> > not transpire again, assuming we stick to
>> level terrain and I regularly
>> > watch the gauge. Given the fact that some of
>> our next border stories are
>> > going to be shot in some remote, hot and
>> potentially dangerous areas, I
>> > thought I would send these concerns out to
>> the group for feedback however.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for your input-
>> > the borderstories team
>> > www.borderstories.org
>>
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>
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