Interesting.  I drove my 91 vanagon from Houston to Taos without a problem.  However, with overnight temps in the teens I had a fuel leak the morning after we arrived.  Good thing it was just one of the short lines from the fuel rail to the injector on the driver's side.  I very carefully tightened it and all OK.
I am very happy that the engine with 192K miles on it still runs great.  Now I just have to get back to Houston in one piece. I have seen about 4 vanagons in the area which is 4 more that I have evcer seen in Houston.
Cheers

--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Larry Himli <lhimli@AOL.COM> wrote:

> From: Larry Himli <lhimli@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Still STuck in Albuqueque
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 8:22 AM
> Wow, I am thankful and impressed at the response you've
> all provided
> overnight.  Foreign Aide has the part and HOPEFULLY will
> get me going this
> morning.  Yeah, I was a little tense when I sent the
> message.  My baby is an
> 87 2.1 and it's the solid pipe off the waterpump.  No
> idea how much this
> will cost me but I'm confident all will be well and I
> can get ahead of the
> storms coming this way Sunday.
>
>
>
> Larry
>
> 87 Westy