and the crankcase vent to the intake manifold, causing a major
vaccum leak thru the crankcase.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Tom Young wrote:

> On Sat, 1 May 1999, Eckie Prater wrote:
>
> > >Recap: I was experiencing a stalling problem when the engine was warm and
> > >dropped to idle from running speed.  It was also difficult to restart.
> > >In addition, I was experiencing a lackluster performance overall, lots of
> > >'hiccupping' (which I now know as 'missing') and generally slovenly
> > >acceleration.
> >
> > My 82 air cooled had the same symptoms as above.
> > I think it is one of the reasons the PO wanted to sell it.
> > It had the tune up and a Petronics point replace module installed.
> > Guess what?  If the dip stick was just a little loose in the dip tube
> > air sucked into the engine case.  Ran like a big vacuum leak.
> > If you push the dip stick in to the seal, problem solved.
>
> I'm sitting here trying to figure out why a loose dipstick would cause
> the engine to run poorly, and I can't.  I frequenly find my dipstick tube
> out slightly and I've never noticed and poor performance when it's that
> way, or any improvement when I push it back in.
>
> An air leak in the FI system can give you running problems for sure, but
> the dipstick tube just opens into the case, so it's not the same thing.
>
> Anybody have any rational explainations?
>
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> Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
> Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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