On 12/4/04 12:03 PM, "JordanVw@AOL.COM" <JordanVw@AOL.COM> wrote: > ive been having this strange intermittant problem with my '84 van for some > time now.. > i'll be driving along fine, then all the sudden if i dont have my foot on the > gas, the van will stall out.. no rough idle, no other warning..it will just > shut off.. i swapped the ECU and fuel pump relays (little identical grey > relays in that black box) with eachother and that didnt do anything.. i > replaced a corroded ground strap from the head to the coil and that didnt help > either.. > > no strange idle or warning lights precede these intermittant shutdowns.. > anyone have any ideas? > > thanks > chris > You mean the cutting out is a problem??? I thought it was standard issue on the 84s! Mine did this a lot Hasn't done it since I cleaned the fuel injectors But can't say as that was definitely the problem as I have done a lot of other things as well Cory Sammons 84 Westy 99 New Beetle Gardiner, NY |
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