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Subject:Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
From:Mark Dearing
Date:Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:42:07 EDT

In a message dated 10/17/2010 12:18:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pmsloan@SHAW.CA writes:

guess I  don't have Vanagon Syndrome if that only occurs on '86 or older.
What it is  doing is having great difficulty starting and when driven in the
city (stop  and go traffic) it begins to surge and then cough after about 20
minutes  driving. Eventually it coughs and won't restart. Sometimes it will
start  again after resting for about 1/2 hour. Other times, it gets towed to
a  garage for whatever. Right now it is parked on the street in front of  my
apt building. It only starts after great difficulty and when/if it does,  it
now makes a screeching noise that sound like a bad fan belt to  me.
All this in spite of a new battery and ignition switch, as well  as
considerable rewiring. I'm told that more rewiring is needed. There is  also
a complete new fuel delivery system from new gas tank, lines, pump,  filter
and injectors.

hello Pat  with the CIS system it wont have the vannie  problem.    the CIS
wasn't a really great system, when it was  right it worked good,    I
noticed no mention of the warm up  regulator.  Has a fuel pressure gage been set
up on it and left over  nite??  this system should hold pressure at about 35
psi over nite.   runs at about 65 psi ,   the CSI system is a PITA to
trouble shoot and  some parts are NLA .  I much rather have digi systems .  later
  mark d