The problem might be the Air Flow Meter.  It could be sending wild signals
to the ECU such that it think that much more air is flowing through the
system. A good mechanic familiar with VWs should be able to diagnose an AFM
failure.

Darrell Johnson
'90 Vanagon Carat
Mission Viejo, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregg Howald [mailto:ghowald@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 1:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Loss of Power and surging

Help!After two hours of driving south to LAX with no problems, filled up
with 89
Chevron Octane, picked up friend at airport, and back on the road.  Not 5
minutes out of parkade, the engine stalled and restarted OK, but the
problems got worse.  Noticed that there was a serious loss of power, ie,
step on gas, no response.  Went through a 1/4 tank of gas in 20 miles.
Stopping at a gas station, exhaust smelled like engine was running rich.
Took small vacuum line off of pressure regulator and engine responded with
increased RPM, sputtered and stalled.  Took a chance and drove on, stopped
by the California Hiway Patrol for driving too slow on Hwy, never exceeded
40 mph despite giving it gas.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Gregg

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