

| Subject: | '85 Engine hesitation help |
| From: | Aaron |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:42:15 -0700 |
Hello all. I have an '85 westy that I have been having some issues with and the wife is becoming less happy by the day. It's been the daily driver lately as our subaru is in the shop. When it is running OK, it runs fine. Then it seems to hesitate/bog down and will sometimes die at idle. It seems to only occur when warm (intermittently). At freeway speeds, it will run, but feels like it's missing power - perhaps 30%, then it will slowly surge a bit, then lose power, then surge a bit etc. It's drivable as long as things are flat...hills are slow. When I come off of road speeds to a stop, the idle is very rough and it idles pooly, I (sometimes) loose all throttle response and then it dies. It's usually hard to restart, no rich smell at the tailpipe. It always restarts, it's just how much time one has to wait. I've been doing some maintenance on it (cap/rotor/plugs/plug wires/Oil change/cleaning grounds/flush coolant/etc) recently. Any thoughts on an easy fix on this one? Temp2 sender? O2 sender? Bad connection/ wire? Other?? Thanks! Aaron '85 Westy '85 Sunroof (w/subaru)
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