Date:         Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:10:48 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Subject:      Cutting out problem
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I'm curious... I've been reading the various threads for a couple months now
about vanagons stalling out, cutting out, dying... then suddenly coming back
to life again.  My 88 wolfie used to do that.  It would completely die
sometimes while I was driving, sometimes when I was idling.  The engine
would just quit... rpms would drop to zero... no sputter, no hesitation,
just on, then off... then, sometimes it would come right back to life while
I was driving, all by itself... sometimes not.  When I actually had to pull
over, sometimes it needed a minute or two before it would start again,
sometimes not... but it would always restart.  It was a PITA, but never put
the wolfwagon out of commision for more than a few minutes.

I remember my mechanic and I worked on the problem for a long time...
changed the ecu, fuel filter, fuel pump, etc, etc.  Never did figure out
what it was.  This problem went on for a year or more... sometimes it would
hapen several times a week... then not at all for months at a time.  That
was why I finally sold it(other than the fact that I wanted a 4WD), it
scared me... I kept thinking it was a precursor to something more serious,
but nothing else ever came of it.

Is this the same problem you all are talking about?  And for all the
discussion on this list and all the brilliant minds working on it (and I'm
not being facetious about that), has no one ever figured out what the
problem is?

Very interesting.

Mick Kalber
89 Syncro Westy "Daddy-O"
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com