I ran the fuel pump (cycled it 4 times), shut off ignition, then went and unscrewed the bung a little bit. Fuel sprayed out, not merely dribbled. (I had checked the fuel pressure with a gauge within the past 300 miles, and it was within tolerance.) Spark... I'll try that. How far does the spark have to be able to jump? (and if it's a spark issue, I presume that since I changed the wires and plugs less than 500 miles ago, it's likely the coil? or the hall control unit? How would I diagnose something like this?) Thanks for your help, -Kyle Hamilton
----- Original Message ----- From: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:17:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start To: Aerowolf <aerowolf@gmail.com>, vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
How do you know the fuel pressure is good? Did you put a pressure gauge on it? You either lost fuel or spark. A bad fuel pump relay will do this - had it happen to me. To check spark, remove one spark plug wire from the dist cap and hodl it so there is a small gap between the cap and the wire. Have someone crank it. You will see spark if there is one. Z
Aerowolf <aerowolf@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
Hey, everyone, my 85 1.9L died on the highway, and I can't get it to restart. I'm rather confused as to what the cause might be. (though I also, just after this occurred, got the replacement AFM that my boyfriend had ordered from Bus Depot, and swapped it out because I was a fool and thought that it was the AFM more than anything else.) The fuel pressure is good. I'm not sure about the timing (and I don't have a timing light available). What's the best way to check the spark? I also just replaced the battery -- the one I had wasn't the right one for the van, and I'd drained it while trying to restart it. I've run a couple of attempted-start cycles on the new one, but I've not worn it down. What kinds of things have caused other folks' vans to die on the roadway?
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