Harry,

I am in same boat with my '84 1.9L.  It ran fine from the time I did the
engine swap in September 2003 until now.  Have replaced much, but no
help.

John

On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 17:12 -0400, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> So the van is running rich, or at least the exhaust smell more like gas
> than exhaust.
>
> I've got a new O2 sensor in place (it's the original 3wire one) which
> I've disconnected to see if things would get better but they haven't.
> The temp 2 sensor was recently replaced by my mechanic when he put in
> new threads on cylinder 2 sparkplug.
>
> I've also been reading a bit online trying to troubleshoot. Here are
> some things I know:
>
> On start the idle is just below 1k rpms and remains so while driving.
> The throttle switch makes the "click" when moved from it's closed
> position with the engine off.
> The van is responsive in all gears and easily drives 60mph
>
> I don't know what else to check, so any pointers would be great. I've
> got a long list of google results for "vanagon running rich" which I'm
> pouring through now.
>
> In good news, my mechanic replaced my sender unit and fixed my odomter
> so I no longer have to rely on my phone's gps to see if I'm gonna run
> out of gas!!!
>
> Cheers,
> Harry