Rule #1:  DON'T DRIVE IT until the problem is solved.

Dane Tessler
Treasure Island, FL

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rian Mullins <rian.mullins@MAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 11:25 AM
Subject: Smells like gas, need diagnosis

>Can anyone help me diagnose this: My '87 Vanagon smells like gas in the
>rear and lately is behaving as if one of the cylinders is not firing or
>something - it idles at about 400 and the power output is very
>unpredictable, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't.
>Also, I have had a chronic blinking red thermostat for the past few
>years, which starts blinking immediately upon starting the car; I've
>taken it to a shop about 4 times (for the red blinking light), and each
>time they replace something and charge me $200 and it works fine for 2
>weeks, and then starts blinking again.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>Rian Mullins