On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Fifield wrote:

I'm not sure what year Vanagon you're talking about, but it could be an 
over-rich idle mixture setting, combined with a slightly too-high idle 
speed setting.  If your O2 sensor is missing/damaged or you're simply 
letting to much air into the exhaust from your damage (not clear) this 
could also be a factor.

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Tom Young              young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549   '81 Vanagon
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