

| Subject: | Re: 1987 running issues. |
| From: | T Collins |
| Date: | Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:52:09 -0500 |
Ah!!! Well easy fix! :) Tony On Saturday, November 16, 2013, Craig Cowan wrote: > It turns out it was out of > Gas! > > Thanks everyone. > > -craig > > On Nov 16, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > 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<javascript:;>> > 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 > > >
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