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Subject:Re: 84 Vanagon shutting off. Cranks right back up? V-Syndrome?
From:Dan N
Date:Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:21:31 -0800

ignition switch...?

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Michael McSwain <michaelmcswain@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> On my way from NC to DC with my baby momma and I'm having some issues with
> my van shutting down for no reason.  I'll be driving at highway speeds with
> no problems and out of the blue it's as if I just turned the key off. I
> push the clutch in, wait a second for the rpm's to go down, and then crank
> it right back up and everything seems fine. Until it does it again an hour
> later. And in between these full shutdowns, I will experience random losses
> of power. Very brief. Almost as if I took my foot off of the gas and then
> back on as quick as I can.
>
> Any ideas?  Are these the symptoms of vanagon syndrome?
>
>
> Thanks for any help on this. I am a little nervous that at some point it's
> going to shut off and NOT crank back up.
>
> Michael...
>