Hmm. Maybe coil. I replaced the old coil and the new one wasnąt as strong as the old one so I put back the old one. Maybe the old one finally went phoomp. Mike On 2/1/03 2:27 PM, "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@hotmail.com> wrote: > Mike- > Without the shop anylyzer it really can be anything. My ECU, then my coil, > went out. They were old, and expensive new.Many of us own these old cars > becuase we can't afford new. And can't even afford parts, so they just keep > getting older. Thats why i grab spares at the junkyards. > > Coils intermittently cut out and stall your engine of make it not start, or > they go aout all together. Never has it been what I and everyone else thinks- > the fuel pump, relay, etc. > > Why I didn't look at the coil first, I don't know. > > If the problem goes away after you change the coil- it was the coil. > > Coils are one thing that do wear out after 10 years. > > Two months before the coil on my 82 went out, the coil on the 91 went out. > > Both coils were 10 years old. > > Robert > > > > Robert > 1982 Westfalia > 1987 Wolfsburg > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Mike Miller > Reply-To: Mike Miller > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Didn't start > Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:09:37 -0800 > Volks, > Went to fill up at the local gas station and the engine on my '85 just > barely caught, then quit and wouldn't restart. > After about 40 minutes the van started and ran fine. > Fuel pump relay > Main relay > Fuel pump > ? > Any really good ideas? > Mike > > > MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. <http://g.msn.com/8HMSENUS/2743> Get 2 > months FREE*. |
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