Hi Tim, Did you check spark at all 4 cylinders, or just the output lead from the coil? Maybe one plug wire has gone bad, and you are running on 3 cyl's. If you are not getting spark on one of the cylinders, all that unburnt fuel goes into the converter and makes it much hotter than normal. Could also be a plugged converter as somebody else mentioned. Good luck, TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc http://volksweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 65 Notchback > > I was taking my saugter roller skating this morning and > stopped at a friends > house to pick someome one up and it refused to start. It was > acting like it > wasn't getting any gas. I loosened the return line and had > fuel at that > point. I was getting good spark at the plug wire connection. > I pulled off > each set of injectors and found that I had a decent spray > pattern on each > injector. > I re-assembled it and it started, but was popping or > backfiring. at idle. At > higher rpms it ran ok, but had no power. I limped home at 25 > mph and found > the exhaust system and back bumper very hot. > So far, I have replaced all of my fuel lines (I developed a > leak when I > moved the injector harness around), replaced the vacuum line > to the fuel > pressure regulator, replaced the line to the brake booster, > replaced the > rotor, and spark plugs, and generally checked all of my electrical > connections under the hood. I know replacing the parts wasn't > part of the > problem, but I just bought this vanagon and wanted to get it ready for > summer vacation. > I have fun out of ideas and am looking for some input. |
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