Hi Tom,
I have 3 lessons I've learned in my years of VWing, these are
questions I learned to ask myself the 'hard way'.
These are the basic questions I ask when something goes wrong on any
VW I own, they do not always fix a problem but need to be looked at.
I don't even mention not putting anything but Germany plugs in a
German car or Japanese plugs in a Japanese car....

They are listed in the order learned

1) If a problem is electrical add a ground.
2) Is it out of gas?
3) When the temp of the coolant makes a difference in a problem check
the temp2.

Glad you got your fixed.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  8/6/2008 10:27 AM,Tom Myers wrote:
>*perpare your groans here*
>
>
>So - van starts hesitating several weeks back and finally refuses to
>start at work parkinglot.
>
>engine turns over... smell gas... looks like spark.
>
>Pick up van - running worse than before + idling at 1700 RPM and
>limp it to Peirce automotive [ VW guys]
>
>an hour from home.     Pierce swaps out TEmp II, undoes dealer
>tweaking..  car all better in errr..  .5 hour