Most likely it is not the ECU. Check the throttle switch, then the air flow
meter, and make sure the vacuum advance and retard is working properly. On
the 1.9L it is imperative for the timing to advance as soon as the throttle
begins to open. If the throttle stop is not properly adjusted you won't get
full retard and the timing will not be properly set.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 7:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Need ECU for 1.9L

David Beierl is helping me troubleshoot a troubling problem with my '84 1.9.
The tentative diagnosis is that the ECU is acting wonky. I have a spare
which I could swap in, but it has its own weirdness: it hesitates coming off
a stop. Every time.

So . . . does anyone have a known-good ECU I could buy?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.