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Hi all, my van has sat on my drive for nearly 1 year (2l cu Aircooled) and i have charged the battery ect and got her running again. I am booked in for an mot tommorow morning! my problem is when i gave her a pre mot test drive. As soon i pulled away the van bogged down and i had to give it plenty of revs just to get it moving, when driving the van all seemed ok untill i stopped and went to pull away again then it bogged down again. I think the brakes are free from sticking. I just hope some new petroll and a 20 mile drive to the mot centre will sort it out?
Brian.

Water in the petrol tank? If the tank has been sat almost empty for a year, condensation inside the tank could trickle down and create a thin layer of water at the bottom. Would start OK, but then the water gets sloshed around during acceleration/deceleration and sucked into the fuel pipe, causing stuttering/loss of power.

sounds like the rear brake shoes are stuck on to me( a common problem when the handbrakes been on for a long time parked up) Try putting it reverse,drive back a few feet then forward again. if you hear a loud pop/bang then thats the shoes coming loose again.by the time you've driven to the MOTit'll most likely been fine again.

Thanks all. it was the front nearside sticking but he still passed it for the mot now going to give it a good clean up and free the brakes