Don't forget to get w replacement fuel pump. You can change it now at your
convenience or after towing it home after it fails from the run dry.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Craig Cowan
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:24 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1987 running issues.

It turns out it was out of
Gas!

Thanks everyone.

-craig

On Nov 16, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> True vanagon syndrome due to vibration in the AFM happens after an hour or
two at relatively steady highway speed.  Of course there are now various
other problems to which people have applied that label.
>
> If you are confident that your fuel flow and pressure are OK, temp2 does
sound like the usual suspect.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> So my 1987 has just started doing something new I've never dealt with.
>> It starts and runs but about 2 minutes into a drive it feels like its
running out of gas. Power drops, throttle becomes unresponsive, etc. then it
dies.
>>
>> If I go to fire it back up it will crank and will even catch and want to
run but dies within a second or two. Every try, same result.
>> If I let it cool down for a bit, say 15 minutes or so (as I type this) it
will start and run fine until I get home.
>> It does it just as the thermostat opens.
>>
>> I have tried unplugging the oxygen sensor and no difference.
>> Is this perhaps the fabled vanagon syndrome or a failed temp2?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -craig
>