No one has addressed Timmy's concern about angry engine gremlins.

Maybe on Friday.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
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On 11/18/2009 8:44 AM Matt Thyer wrote:

> I'd try the fuel filter, cheap and easy to replace.  Best case you've fixed
> the problem, worst case you still have the problem, but now have clean fuel.
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark A Kippert
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:39 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: fuel cutout
>
> Could this also potentially be a bad/clogged cat?
>
> Mark K
> 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD
>
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Timmy Evens wrote:
>
>> hello fellow vanagon nerds,
>> so my 83 has an engine from a 93 jetta. (1.8L inline 4) lately it has
>> randomly been acting like it is losing fuel. will sputter then idle
>> extremely low and no throttle response. if i'm rolling along and keep
>> it in gear and stomp on it i can just hear the throttle opening but no
>> power. if i stop and sit or get out and mindlessly look for something
>> wrong in the wiring then it will start up fine and run for a week or
>> so then do it again. what is this?
>> injectors not getting signal? fuel pump? engine gremlins angry?
>>
>> timmy
>