Comments to Paul, not me!

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gilland [mailto:pgilland@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:20 PM
To: Vanagon Mailing List
Subject: low power 2.1

Your catalyic converter is probably plugged.  After 10 years of use, it
is not unusual for a cat converter to become blocked and require
replacement.  Short trip driving, or a fuel system running rich can
aggravate the problem.  A plugged converter decreases engine power,
sometimes quite dramaticlly.  I had a car that was so plugged it would
do no more than 15 mph uphill, afte replacement it would zoom up hill
at 90 if I wanted to.

best of luck,
Paul

At 05:10 AM 8/8/00 -0700, Richard Ferguson wrote:
>Hi Volks,
>
>I'm wondering why my 85 Westie with the rebuilt 2.1 litre engine with
>the ratio rockers and new valves is still so sluggish. I literally
have
>to keep the pedal all the way down constantly to maintian 60-70mph
once
>it gets up to speed, which can take an eternity sometimes. It is
really
>frustrating to have spent so much money and have such minimal
>performance to show for it. The last mechanic to work on it is the
best
>I have met yet...he adjusted and tuned everything as good as can be
>expected...he did mention he thought the compression was on the low
>side... around 120...what could cause this on a year old rebuild? also
>I recently put a fuel injector cleaner in the tank but that has not
>seemed to help either. Thanks for any helpful advice.
>Rick

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