Date:         Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:35:29 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: running rich/low power
Comments: To: mckayaa@OIT.EDU

Aaron;

        I could be wrong but I think the Capacitor fix only applies to
the digifant, not the your digijet system.  I would unplug the O2 sensor
the next time it misbehaves and see if there is an improvement.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 18:15:47 -0800 Aaron McKay <mckayaa@OIT.EDU> writes:
>It is with mixed emotions that I write this list again, as I dropped
>this
>list when summer vacation started, because I would be offline all
>summer,
>and now school is making it very hard for me to do much that is
>computer
>related.  Now that my van is having a very elusive problem, I need
>your
>guys's help.
>My Van is an '85 GL( with the 1.9L and 4sp) which seems to run and
>idle
>fine when I'm off at
>college, where it is very dry most of the time.  Then I come home
>where it
>rains much of the time, and after half an hour to an hour of driving
>in
>the rain, my van starts to hesitate, but not die, especially gets bad
>when
>after accelerating to speed, and then letting off the trottle to
>maintain
>speed.  Sometimes while accelerating, the van seems to either loose or
>gain power, and it doesn't really seem to be related to which RPM I'm
>running at, so this varying power happens throughout the RPM range,
>and
>throttle range.  Another thing, with the van parked, I can bring the
>engine up to an idle speed of anything, lets use 3000, and then with
>the
>throttle constant, the engine clears up and gains another 600 - 800
>RPM.
>And at a an idle, when it is running rough, the engine is also running
>very rich (my dad said I smelled like raw gas when I came indoors
>after
>working on it, and I toutched no gasoline).  Needless to say, my gas
>mileage has gone down the tube, now I get 10 - 14 MPG.
> I have owned this van for 2-3 years mow, so I know this
>is not right.  Things that I have done so far: new cap, rotor, spark
>plug
>wires/connectors, checked spark plugs, and they looked normal and
>consistant throughout the four cylinders, VW's $150 capacitor band-aid
>on
>the AFM harness, and a brand new O2 sensor.
>
>I apologise for any weird format that this letter may be in, because I
>am
>telneting into my college's server which is using PINE.  Please P-mail
>me
>back soon, as I plan on leaving around 1:30 PM PST tomorrow.  Thank
>you
>all very much for your support and answers.
>
>-Aaron McKay
>'85 GL "Darle"
>Student in Mechanical engineering at
>Oregon Institute of Technology
>mckayaa@oit.edu

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