Hi Karen,

My 85 did that a couple times on the way to Flordia last month.  After 45
min. she did it, although not real severe, then it did not do it again for
the next 2 hrs.  3o min. after week got gas, it did it again, then not
again.  This happened once more after we got gassed, and hasn't happened
since. ( about 3000 miles since the last time (2 months) ) I did nothing to
stop it, other than pray it would die on us.

Larry

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> From: karen brown <kpb@GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: "bucking"
> Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 8:45 AM
>
> Greetings -
> I was headed to the beach on the interstate last week-end, going about
60,
> not accelerating or decelerating but maintaining my speed, when suddenly
the
> van bucked pretty severly.  It immediately went back to normal and
nothing
> extraordinary happened for the balance of the trip (45 minutes or so),
> except for the acceleration of my heart rate to 190 bpm.  I may have let
off
> on the accelerator slightly without realizing it and the bucking was my
> pushing back down on it (some kind of torque thing??), but I don't think
so
> and this has never happened before.  It happened once again the next day
on
> my return trip.  Bucking is the only way I can think of to describe this
> event; it was one brief, sharp jerk of the engine, then onward as if
nothing
> happened.   Any ideas out there?
>
> Thanks!
> Karen Brown
> '84 VW Westfalia