john:

i had similar symptoms on an '84 caused by a vacuum leak; location was
throttle body to intake manifold gasket. cleaned and reassembled with
original gasket coated with sensor safe ultra-blue rtv. problem fixed.

dan

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:28:12 -0700, John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Yesterday my work vanagon developed a bad case of the groggies.
>Started out as an intermittent loss of power, but has developed
>steadily towards permanence. Now O reckon I could do 0-20mph in 3
>minutes with the pedal to the floor. It also likes to stall. Haven't
>had a chance to poke around much. Sounds an awful lot like fuel
>filter. My wallet likes the sound of that. Or maybe air flow meter. My
>wallet likes that too, as I already have a spare. Any other probables
>on the "loss of power" checklist I might've missed?
>
>--
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
>'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"