I just bought this bus and only have put 600 or so miles on it so Im not
sure about all the tune up stuff..but a mechanic owned it before and it
sounds great when running...except for this problem.  Maybe I'll find
the number and give him a call about the O2 sensor being unplugged and
when the last time he did the plugs.  I know he used all bosch stuff
when he rebuild anything and believed bosch was the best stuff to use so
I can only guess it has good running stuff in it but I will check that
out.  Do you think it could be the plugs and rotor or cap and still be
intermeddiatte?

Thanks

Tim G
own:
84 Vanagon Wolfsburg Weekender(65k(221K body))77 Toyota Chinook
Camper(for sale 3500)
ex:
87 Vanagon Syncro Weekender-Alaska-(tranny split in half at 181k)
84 Ford Ranger(never close to a VW)
87 Dodge Colt(170k-friend killed the tranny..4th to 1st is a bad idea)

http://angelfire.com/vt/psychodelic

>From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@bulley-hewlett.com>
>To: "'Timothy Gardner'"
<caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>,"vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM"
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Subject: RE: stutter problem-warmup-high speed
>Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:15:32 -0500
>
>Timothy--
>
>A couple of things come to mind:
>
>How long has it been since you had a "tune up" (plugs, cap, rotor,
maybe
>wires, etc.)? If the O2 sensor was unplugged, why? It may need
replacement.
>18 mpg isn't all that great. Pretty consistently, Vanagons in good tune
get
>20 mpg. 10% off isn't out of the question if you were hauling your
National
>Geographic Collection, if you weigh 650 lbs., and you have five adult
>malamutes that go with you everywhere. But I suspect ignition stuff (+
O2
>sensor) is to blame.
>
>The fact that it is an intermittent problem will make it more fun for
you
>to figure out. You should be thankful for this additional challenge.
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
>Cary, NC     USA
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>(888) 468-4880 toll free
>
>
><<<SNIP>>>
>My van is getting around
>18mpg and everything seems fine.  The power is all there and all seems
>to work fine.  I drove it to VT for school and when you get up to
around
>60mph or more it starts to give this sluggish stutter and if you take
it
>out of gear it idels between 1000 and 1500 very jumpy idel..but then
the
>idel will calm down and all will be ok for awhile.  The other thing is
I
>noticed that if im going uphill and keep my foot on the gas its
normally
>ok but if I let up just a little it'll start acting all crazy and make
>me slow down.  The van does not do this unless the engine is warm.  I
>took it to town the other day and once it warmed and I was moving at
>about 50mph it started doing it.  This is  only an intermittent problem
>because it will go away for an hr at a time.
>
>Things I checked were gas which was all good....and my mpg which seems
>to be fine.  All gages seem to be reading right and oil is very clean.
>I did check the O2 sensor..it was unplugged so I plugged the wire back
>together but it did not fix the problem.  <<<SNIP>>>
>
>Thank you
>Tim G
><<<SNIP>>>
>
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