Date:         Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:17:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Comments: To: Aerowolf <aerowolf@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <6b935964040911090949dbb205@mail.gmail.com>
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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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