Hey folks, Just wanted to let you all know the solution to this problem (see original complaint below) was a bad coil. Special thanks to Jon Hathaway for helping to find this. I foolishly thought that the small amount\ of spark from the coil that I was getting was correct. He showed me the spark on my other van which made me feel like a complete idiot. (John Muir would be proud). So a quick swap of the coils told the tale and so a new coil will be installed shortly. I believe this has also solved my stalling during warmup problem. At least it hasn't occured during today's morning drive. So I'm pretty sure. So thanks to Jon and other contributors such as: Tom Hannick Alan Watts If I've left out anyone, please accept my sincere apology... I think I'll keep a spare coil in my travel items as there is no work-around for it if you're stuck in the middle of no-where... Cheers! Steven > At 8:21 AM -0700 8/9/01, Steven Johnson wrote: > >Well, I've been driving my '91 Camper during these > >warmer months of summer to take advantage of it's > >AC. I backed out of the garage and it stalled and > >wasn't able to get it started again. It turns over > >just fine but it just won't catch at all. Now I > know > >I've been having trouble with it during the warm- > >up cycle and kind of suspected the coolant temp > >sensor. What I didn't check this morning was the > >O2 sensor. I probably should've disconnected it > >to see if I could get it started. Doh!! Anyway, > >I can hear the fuel pump going okay when I just > >turn the key. I pulled the distributor cap to make > >sure the rotor looked okay as well. No problem > there. > >Any other places to check? I'll start with the O2 > >disconnect when I get home (if it's cool enough) > and > >proceed from there.
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.