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by MikeyVanagon
29 Aug 2015, 16:38
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: HELP - Van chokes under heavy throttle
Replies: 5
Views: 1142

Re: HELP - Van chokes under heavy throttle

Pretty sure it is the 2litre petrol injection.usa vanagon.
by MikeyVanagon
29 Aug 2015, 16:36
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: HELP - Van chokes under heavy throttle
Replies: 5
Views: 1142

Re: HELP - Van chokes under heavy throttle

Hi guys, Thanks for the tips. So we've made it past Caen, France!! So where is this snorkel(s) located? I'd be over the moon if it was that simple! With regards to fuel starvation, any suggestions why / how? FYI, I was getting circa 300miles per tank before all this, and now it appears I'm getting m...
by MikeyVanagon
27 Aug 2015, 21:59
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: HELP - Van chokes under heavy throttle
Replies: 5
Views: 1142

HELP - Van chokes under heavy throttle

Hi Everyone, I'm off with the camper this weekend to Spain for 2weeks and she's started playing up intermittently. She is a 1980 T25 Vanagon Westfalia Injection. So, under heavy throttle, she chokes and tries to come to a hault until I take my foot off the gas, when she is then fine. Often if I turn...
by MikeyVanagon
18 Jul 2015, 23:58
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Engine lurching problem
Replies: 30
Views: 9967

Re: Engine lurching problem

Hi Santa79,

So did you find the fault with your lurching?

I have the same problem. Aircooled injection model. 1980 Vanagon 2.0 petrol.

Mikey
by MikeyVanagon
17 Jul 2015, 14:30
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: 2.1 DJ lumpy when coasting and 2nd throttle spring
Replies: 9
Views: 2547

Re: 2.1 DJ lumpy when coasting and 2nd throttle spring

Hi Tyrone Shoelaces Have you sorted this problem yet? My 1980 Vanagon 2.0 petrol injection has come back from the garage and is doing the lurching in 2nd gear at low rpm. Works that were done were: - engine tune up - new fuel lines (to the front areas of the camper only. rear lines to engine in good...