All,
 
Thank you for all of your assistance and great advice on what could possibly be affecting the poor performance of my 89 Syncro Westy. Here were the symptoms: starts fine, idles fine, revs up fine without a load.  With a load it dies out at about 3200 RPM and runs out of power.  So about when you engage 3rd gear to get going .
 
I have listened to all the suggestions and made parts swap and measurements with voltmeters and fuel pressure meters and finally took most of the Winter month to fix my problem.
 
In solving the issue I managed to swap and replace the following:  (Now it is ready for the camping season) 
 
1.      Fuel filter - new
2.      Fuel pump - swap
3.      Fuel pressure regulator – swap  33psi/36psi - vacuum hose
4.      Ground wire checked and cleaned
5.      Temp II sensor - new
5.     Air Flow Meter – swap  PS (I have the Vanagon Syndrome capacitor soldered into the AFM plug)
6.     Air intake boot – swap - sucks plenty of air just fine
7.     Throttle body cleaning and new seal, adjusted the TPS and checked values.
8.     New vacuum rubber hoses
9.     Air filter - new
10.   Spark plugs - new
11.   Spark plug wires - new
12.   Catalytic Converter – see through baffles relatively new
13.   Muffler – relatively new – no mouse nests
14.   Oxygen Sensor - relatively new
15.   ECU - swap 
16.   Distributor - swap
17.   Coil – swap with another green coil
18.   Timing – set per Bentley and Tencents
19.   Fuel lines replaced last year
20.   good exhaust manifolds, no leaks
21.   Idle computer behind the taillight  
22.   Fresh high octane fuel
 
23.  After much frustration finally REPLACED 4 INJECTORS and that did the trick!!!!  
 
(PS #23 is my favorite number on the roulette table in Vegas)
 
Thanks all,
Joel Cort
Rochester NY

89 Syncro Westy (VanGo)
87 Syncro Transporter (Stella Blue)
73 Westy Campmobile (Agent Orange)

Western New York LiMBO Respresentative www.limbobus.org
Founding member of the Empire State VW Camping Club www.empirevwcamping.org

Westies@Watkins XI is planned for September 21-22-23, 2012 www.westies-at-watkins.org

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From: John Lauterbach <jhlauterbach@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:17 PM
Subject: Finally running right

After struggling for almost a year with various drivability problems, my
Vanagon ('84, 1.9L engine) is back to its old self.  Main problem was
the fuel injectors (installed new 9/03, about 30K miles).  I sent a
spare set of injectors to Witchhunter for cleaning and took the cleaned
injectors to my mechanic along with a pair of Van-Cafe aluminum fuel
rails. My mechanic also replaced all the fuel lines when he installed
the injectors and fuel rails.

John