Sounds like something's not right.       You should have no such problems.

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Apr 10, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Arlene K Sondergaard <asonder@USGS.GOV> wrote:

> I had my A/C recharged on my 87 Wolfsburg automatic and found a loss of
> power resulted when using it.
> I couldnt drive the Gifford Pinchot forest roads using it because of
> overheating also.
>
> Cut the belt off.
> Power fine, no overheating, on forest service rds.
> We still use the system--the fan runs the length of the roof-good
> circulation.
> Much better than nothing.
>
> Arlene
> 1987 Wolfsburg Carat
> Washougal Wa
>
>
>
> From:
> Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
> To:
> vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date:
> 04/10/2012 09:58 AM
> Subject:
> Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond.
> Sent by:
> Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>
>
>
> I also have A/C in my '87 and would not want to be without it.
>
> On a trip to the NW, joining a buch of others of "us" a few years
> ago, we drove miles and miles of the backroads into and around
> Mt. St. Helens. It was a very hot time, and many of the roads were
> inside tall trees, dusty, no breeze at all, so sort of suffocating.
>
> After the first day of this, I rolled up the windows and ran the A/C
> and created my little heaven environment. The oppressive
> nature of the high humidity AND heat was way too much for
> this van cowboy, and the A/C made the driving part of the days
> much more than tolerable. Sleeping at night, a different story.
>
> I tend to drive around the intermountain region with the A/C
> off and windows down, but am very grateful to have good,
> working A/C to rely on. It has been converted to 134 and does
> a very good job of cooling. I don't think the cabin has ever been
> above the low 70's (I have a "weather station" in my van, so
> the temp differential between external ambient and internal
> is no guessing game.
>
> Bob