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Subject:Re: 80 Vanagon - Spudders!
From:Wil Haslup
Date:Wed, 21 Oct 1998 17:02:36 -0400

Hello M

On 21-Oct-98, M LaMuniere wrote:
> Just had dealer do the oil and air filter when I
> had it there to have them look at the shifter problem.

> Now, my poor baby Sputters!

> Unfortunately the person who posted a similar problem didn't get a public
> reply so I can't benefit from the current wisdom.  Could the dealer have
> mangled something, or is this the fuel injection rearing it's ugly head?

> It runs fine, then will spudder, usually when I'm not accelerating, and has
> stalled once at a light but normally keeps a good idle. Where do I start?

I'm not so clear on what you mean by sputter?

If you mean misses or low power or backfire or...

This could be too lean of a mixture, a fault in the injection harness, vacuum
leak and a few other things.

Can you be more specific?

Regards
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-- Wil

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