hi,
seems like the last time this was mentioned, I shared my various tricks and
opinion about spark plugs wires, testing them  , etc.

Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lincoln" <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 3:10 PM
Subject: 1.9 Running issues when wet out

> OK, I've been dealing with this for some time now. When it rains (snow
> doesn't seem to bother it) a medium to hard rain I can get about 15-20
> minutes down the road before rough running and eventually the engine just
> dies out.
>
> Cap, rotor, plug wires are all new. New Temp Sensor too (because previous
> diagnostics had proven it was a bit wonky).
>
> Everything in my gut tells me this is an electrical issue but I don't know
> for sure and even if I did I don't know where to start.
>
> When this happens if I let the bus sit for a day I can get it running
> again
> - but it takes a lot of messing with it - it will not idle at first, then
> it
> will run rough and stall - each attempt getting longer and longer until
> eventually I am able to keep it running and it recovers and runs fine. One
> other thing during the rough running period (when the problem starts and
> after it has sat and I am trying to get it going again) is that if I give
> it
> any gas at all it will stall immediately - eventually of course it is
> fine.
>
> I suspect by the way it acts after it has sat that it eventually gets
> better
> becuase whatever is wet is drying off more and more. Then again I don't
> really know anything.
>
> Any advice at all pointing me in ANY direction at this point is welcome.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '86 (We call this one Scrap)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus