It's your oxygen sensor.   The warmup cycle is not working correctly and
that is the
dead give-away.   I'm currently having the same problem and just need to
make an
appointment to get it replaced.

Steven
91 Westy

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:18 PM, PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had my 90 Westy automatic since 2007.  Up until this past summer, the
> van would start up and idle beautifully, and I could drive it right away.
> Now, roughly since this past fall, all of a sudden I have to sit and give
> it gas for 5 or 10 minutes before I can go anywhere.  After it's "warmed
> up" it drives perfectly and idles perfectly when stopped.
>
> I've had regular routine maintenance done by mechanics, but this just seems
> to have started out of nowhere.  What needs to be done?
>
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic
> 117,000 miles
> Los Angeles
>
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