Just thought that I would let you know I had the same problem with my "91 
Transporter. After a few nasty letters VW Australia supplied an impendane 
harness to fit to the air flow meter FREE OF CHARGE.
My argument was that it was a known defect and that it should be fixed 
free of charge - they didn't like it a first but were quite helpfull at 
the end.

regards
Brett

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Brett Delaney       

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On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Michael A. Radtke wrote:

> John,
> 
> Your first problem may be the well known, but perhaps poorly understood 
> problem that many water cooled Vanagons have.  The way to know for sure is 
> to stop when the problem starts to occur, turn off the engine, immediately 
> re-start the engine and continue driving.  If the problem has cleared up, 
> you have the well known problem.
> 
> I just told you what the work around is.  There is a wiring harness fix 
> available from VW for $200(?).  Also, other folks have found a fix by 
> adding a few parts to the computer or wiring harness.  Perhaps someone else 
> on this list can point you to server that holds the extensive discussion on 
> this subject.
> 
> I use the work around.
> 
> Mike
> 
>