[T2] Briefly unresponsive engine - HELP please !!!

[c.dreike]

Maybe a loose wire somewhere or a corroded connection?
Have you reseated all the connectors?

Chris

On 12/18/2018 9:29 AM, al sinclair wrote:
> yes, fuel injection .. any ideas?
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 2:11 PM c.dreike <c.dreike at verizon.net 
> <mailto:c.dreike at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     I presume that this is fuel injection, not a carb.
>
>     Chris
>
>     On 12/17/2018 12:47 PM, al sinclair wrote:
>     > Please help suggest a cause of a new problem in 1981 aircooled
>     Westie,
>     > automatic not stick shift.
>     >
>     > Occasionally there's no response from the engine when pushing the
>     > accelerator pedal to accelerate from stationary. The pedal moves
>     normally,
>     > and the sound of the engine changes so I think the throttle
>     opens, but
>     > there's no change from idle, no increase of power for at least
>     several
>     > seconds. Then the engine behaves totally normally. I've tried
>     pumping the
>     > pedal when this happens but it makes no difference.
>     >
>     > The engine was rebuilt a couple of years back (lovely job by
>     Greg Tuttle,
>     > installed by Fred's Garage, runs like a dream) maybe 10,000
>     miles ago. It's
>     > had oil changes but little else since then.
>     >
>     > Any ideas how to identify the cause will be much appreciated.
>     The problem
>     > isn't reproducible on demand, it only happens now and then - and
>     can be
>     > scary if I'm pulling out across the road.
>     >
>     > (Above was posted to the vanagon list, where Ned Savoie
>     suggested asking
>     > here.
>     > These ideas came from Larry Alofs there though I haven't
>     followed up as
>     > I've been unwell:
>     >
>     >> If an air cooled has a switch on the throttle, I would check
>     that it is
>     > working.
>     >> Also check that the movable vane in the airflow meter is not
>     sticking.
>     > )
>     >
>     > Yesterday the same happened again but for several minutes instead of
>     > briefly (well, still brief but it felt like hours sitting in a
>     stoplight's
>     > left turn lane!) So now it's become a MUST FIX ASAP, but tricky
>     as it's
>     > still only occasional
>     >
>     > thanks
>     > Alan
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