At 06:14 PM 10/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Help. It has finally happened. My westie has decided not to move.
>This is the first time. Could it have anything to do with the recent
>Q-Lube oil change with Quaker State oil?
>
>The temperature has dropped to close to freezing overnight. The van
>could hardly keep running at first. Now 1/2 hour later when everything
>is warm it will not rev over 1000 per min. Twice I have been able to rev
>up to 5000 but usually it stalls. Can't move more than a crawl. Can
>anyone help?
>
>Susan
>
Don't laugh, but do you have fuel - for sure!?!? (sometimes a stuck gauge
will mess with you); if so, is the fuel getting pumped?  Do you have spark?

IMHO - you should learn to change your oil/filter yerself...really easy on
the Vanagons.  Do yourself (& the Van) a favor & *never* go to any of the
kwik change joints - too many people on the list have had horror stories
ref those places.  (& yes, bozos that they are, they could have knocked a
connector loose somewhere & not even noticed it (the O2 sensor is down near
the oil filter, for an instance).

Best luck - Austin