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

[al sinclair]

thanks Bob not a tranny issue I think because engine rpm doesn't change.

Fwiw I first realized about tranny lag after replacing the tranny myself
then starting the motor, putting it in Drive and revving the engine, only
to find no motion at all happening

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 9:24 AM Bob Reuter <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

>
> sounds like low tranny fluidf.
> auto tranny will get laggy.
> outer issues get expensive.
> possiblie tranny pump issue
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2018, 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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