On 3/14/10, Pat Sloan <pmsloan@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The Otter is having digestive problems. We're talking 1982 Westy -
> originally diesel but now converted to 1987 1.8 L Jetta gas engine.
> Watercooled.
>
> As I'm driving it suddenly loses power and then recovers again and again.
> Sometimes it just loses power and doesn't recover until I stop and then
> start it again.
>
> Fuel lines, fuel pump and battery have been replaced. All seems good, but
> the problem persists.
>
> Now it turns out that my great vanagon repair guy (Ed @ the Bug Shop in
> Delta, BC) doesn't work on Jetta engines, so I will have to move on to
> someone else. Does anyone on the list have any ideas re:
>
> 1.      good and reasonable Jetta mechanics in the Vancouver area?
> 2.      what could be causing this? (BCAA guy suggested alternator but what
> do I know?)
>

Was the fuel filter(s) replaced?

Alternator doesn't make sense to me either.

Rudy & Peter near Main St. maybe?

There is also a place on the west side. If I remember the name I'll
post. They work on Vanagons. Saw the name over on The Samba.

Neil.  Jetta with Motronic.   ;)

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