Greg,

Sounds like you covered your bases well.  Any idea what the fuel pressure
regulator is doing?  The AFM track check is a good idea too.

2009/10/14 Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>

> Hi Volks,
>
> I now have about 1000 miles on the replacement engine in my Vanagon.
> It's running smoothly, but is not making as much power as I'd like. If I
> wind it out before easing out the clutch it almost drives like a normal
> van, but it's also getting only about 200 miles to a tank of fuel, so I
> suspect something strange is going on. It idles well but bogs when you
> start rolling if you drive it normally.
>
> It's a 1.9 running later model FI and cooling in a 1987 chassis. The FI
> and cooling parts came off the previous engine after it was severely
> messed up by a thermostat failure. The replacement engine is a low-miles
> VW of Canada reman which just needed its head gaskets replaced when the
> PO dumped it in favour of a zetec. Compression was checked after the new
> gaskets were installed and reads at 185/185/170/175. Lifters were
> initially an issue but they have been readjusted and are now much
> quieter. (read: silent).
>
> Timing is adjusted. Distributor and wires are new. O2 sensor is
> installed. The Ken Lewis O2 sensor widget shows the ECU is correcting
> the mixture. Frank Condelli helped set up the throttle position sensor
> at a recent VW get-together at Bon Echo Provincial Park so I know that's
> working.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
> www.busesofthecorn.com
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>

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