No, fortunately I have had no FI problems. But I am educating myself and
accumulating spare parts so I'll be ready when the inevitable happens ;)

-Mark
At 01:36 PM 3/25/98 -0800, Backus, Brian G wrote:
>Have you had any problems with your fuel infection system yet?  Have you
>had to trouble shoot the problem yourself?  Have you had to buy say a
>couple parts from the dealer?  One of these days these injection systems
>are going to start wearing out.
>
>Right now we're all complaining about Head Gaskets.  What will we all
>sound like when our Air intake sensors don't work?
>
>I've driven plenty of vehicles with carbs and i know I can troubleshoot
>them...
>
>My four cents worth.
>
>
>> ----------
>> From:        Mark McCulley[SMTP:raven@HALCYON.COM]
>> Reply To:    Mark McCulley
>> Sent:        Wednesday, March 25, 1998 9:42 AM
>> To:  Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>> Subject:     Re: Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
>>
>> After 19 years of owning a bus with carburators and 2.5 years with a
>> fuel-injected Vanagon, you couldn't pay me enough to rip out my FI and
>> replace it with carbs. In my opinion, FI is a big improvement over
>> carburators in many ways. The only advantage I can think of with carbs
>> is
>> that they rarely catastrophically fail. I can understand Malcolm's
>> situation
>> though--since the entire FI system was destroyed it made economical
>> sense to
>> use a carburator. But it certainly was not an improvement over the FI
>> system--didn't he say the van wouldn't idle when cold?
>>
>> -Mark McCulley
>>
>> At 08:55 AM 3/25/98 -0800, Backus, Brian G wrote:
>> >#2   I agree that carburetors are a great alternative to fuel
>> injection.
>> >So much more simple and less expensive.  Maybe it won't run quite as
>> >smooth or get as good of gas mileage, but you can tune it for more
>> >power.  Plus if someone can come up with an aftermarket intake
>> manifold
>> >for a performer type application or even a RV/Mileage application
>> that
>> >fits nice and neat under the lid.  You all catch my drift.  Think of
>> all
>> >the money and hair loss we'll all save when the fuel injection pukes.
>>
>