Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 06:38:12 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
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From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: HELP! Problems with my '87
Comments: To: Tim <hanninkt@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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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.