hi.
if Southern Ca is your home, and you're a ways from it ..
which way are you from it ?

Like are you in So Cal far from home,
or far from home which is So Ca.. ??

Maybe you're in No Ca, for example, not far from me.

Scott
www.turbovans
and too busy almost anyway .

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goubeaux" <john@UCSB.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 4:12 PM
Subject: On the road and need some help

> I'm on the road and several hundred miles from home ( southern CA) and
> my 90 Vanagon has begun to run bad. It is missing and has a serious
> reduction of power when under load. It starts up and idles, but is
> running real rough, no backfiring though. Its almost as if there is a
> fouled plug or bad ignition on one of the cylinders Or its running way
> too rich. I pulled the plugs and replaced them with clean re-gapped ones
> but no improvement. I inspected the plug wires and they are in good
> shape, almost new, so I doubt this is a problem, BUT I've seen a bad
> plug wire cause this type of behavior before. I cannot imagine that
> timing has changed. I should be able to limp back home as once up to
> speed the car runs OK and is not overheating and oil pressure is good.
>
> Are there any tips on simple things I can check ( while on the road) to
> at least eliminate any other obvious possibilities?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
> -john