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Subject:Hiccups
From:Calle Fallberg
Date:Mon, 18 May 1998 06:42:16 +0200

Hi there , Vanagon'ners!
I have a kind of veird problem that I wonder if anyone else has been
suffering, and may have a solution to :-\
I have a -88 vanagon with the 2.1 digifant engine.
Its normally running like a champ but every now and then it�ll get
hiccups!
The weirdest thing of it all is that it�s almost always happening when
I�m out for a little longer drive and the thing that happens is that
after a couple of hours driving at app. 55 mph the engine starts
stalling for about a microsec. at the time.
This could go on for about a minute or two and sometimes it is followed
by a big black exhaust cloud which is cured by restarting the engine a
couple of times but the most common thing is that the "hiccups" stops
and the car runs on like if nothing ever happened.
The Vanagon  has never stopped permanently so it�s only a minor problem
but nevertheless a f******g anoying one!
Any ideas ????
Calle Fallberg, Mullhyttan Sweden
-88 Vanagon, -79 Saab 99, four Belgian Shepherd dogs and a wife

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