Date:         Mon, 20 Aug 2001 05:53:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Starts then won't.... SOLVED...
In-Reply-To:  <p05010400b7986ac782f5@[64.217.81.194]>
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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.


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