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Subject:Vanagon jerking
From:Austin
Date:Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:09:39 -0800

At 11:26 AM 3/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>While driving at relatively low speeds (10 .. 30 Miles / hour),and with
>RPM's at between 1000 and 2500, particularly in stop and go traffic in a
>traffic jam, the Vanagon starts to buck and jerk.  The bucking becomes
>gradually more violent if I just keep the car rolling at low power or even
>coasting in idle. The jerking can be stopped either by stepping on the
>clutch (engine goes into idle immediately, running smoothly, does not
>stall) or by accelerating.
>
>Bruno
>
Have you checked out your motor mounts???

Austin

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