keep in mind there are two styles of 1.9 throttle body ..
depending on which switch arrangement it has.

it Susie's has a throttle shaft leak or wear there ..
would be a surprise to me. I have many waterboxer throttle bodies ..
no real shaft wear on any of them that I've noticed.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question

> Real good chance somebody convenient to Susie has a known good TB that
> could
> be easily attached for testing purposes, or am I the only one who has
> enough
> spare parts to create a Frankenvan?
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> |Andrew Martin
> |Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:33 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
> |
> |Susie and "Butters" are located in the Seattle area.
> |
> |If there are no listees available to assist, George at PorBug has an
> |excellent reputation and Larry's Roadhaus recommended repair shops page
> |confirms this.
> |
> |http://www.roadhaus.com/shops_search_map.php?state_id=47
> |
> |
> |Andrew
> |Bainbridge Island WA
> |
> |
> |
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> |Karl Wolz
> |Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:15 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
> |
> |You don't say where you are.  Listmembers are known to drop by and take a
> |look at problems of this nature.  Some have spare parts, especially for
> |1.9L.
> |
> |Karl Wolz
> |
> ||-----Original Message-----
> ||From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> ||Susie Ingham
> ||Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:58 AM
> ||To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> ||Subject: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
> ||
> ||
> ||
> || Hi-
> ||I've been a lurker here for a while, I thought i would introduce myself
> |and
> ||ask a question.
> || My husband and i have been bringing a 1984 Westy back to life. It had
> |been
> ||sitting for 8 years when we bought it last summer, it was not running.
> |long
> ||story short after much toil and trial ( we're not the most experienced
> ||mechanics) we got  it running pretty well and took it out for our maiden
> ||camping trip last week-end.  All went well except for a couple of minor
> ||glitches. before I get into that I'll give you a brief  list of what
> we've
> ||done on the van so far.
> ||
> ||
> ||Compression good right around 175 on all 4 cylinders, according to our
> |test
> ||New ECU ( I know they "never" go bad but ours was) coil, plugs, plug
> |wires,
> ||shad injectors cleaned,  new fuel pressure regulator, replaced all fuel
> ||lines, vacuum advance unit was replaced
> ||There is no catalytic convertor, it is just a hollow shell.
> || now in order to get it running relatively well, Hubby had  advanced the
> ||timing-- otherwise  the throttle body response was very slow. There
> seems
> ||to be a leak in the shaft of the Throttle body-- we switched it out with
> ||another ( used) and  it too leaks around the shaft and  has a poor fit
> ||between the butterfly and the housing.
> ||
> || On our trip we had these two issues...
> || a couple of times it died at a stop sign.
> ||it got terrible gas mileage ( around 12 mpg)
> ||
> ||So  now we are contemplating buying a rebuilt throttle body ( at 350
> ||dollars, ouch)  but I'm a little bit hesitant in spending the cash if
> it's
> ||not going to  fix it for sure. BTW we know there's a leak in the tb
> |because
> ||we blow smoke into the vac line and it pretty readily escapes through
> the
> ||TB.
> ||
> || so yes it does seem like a tb is in order, but like I said I hate to
> part
> ||with the cash-- does it seem likely that a new Tb is warranted? We
> haven't
> ||taken it to a mechanic yet, our plan was to  replace the Tb, then take
> it
> ||to the mechanics to  have everything adjusted  if needed.( Afm, etc)
> ||
> ||what do you think?
> || thanks in advance, Susie