Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:28:12 -0400
Reply-To: John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From: John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon stalling problem
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Steve, I have experienced the same thing on my '84. Let's assume that your
plugs, plug wires, distributor cap and rotor and timing are correct. When
load is placed on the engine, digital idle stabilizer should advance timing
to keep engine RPMs around 900. If that unit is bad, you can bypass it and
see if same thing happens.
Next, the stalling may be from poor contacts in the big connector between
the FI cable and the ECU. These contacts need to be squeaky clean if the
ECU is to get the correct signals and do its thing.
John
Macon, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "steven kim" <steventkim@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:58 AM
Subject: Vanagon stalling problem
> Hello Group,
>
> I need help. My '85 vanagon gl keeps stalling while i'm driving and then
> becomes very hard to start once stalled. My mechanic wasn't able to find
> anything wrong.
>
> The symptoms:
> while driving, often when slowing down for a stop in neutral, my van with
> stall causing the power steering and brakes to go out. when this happens
> it
> will often take 15-20 minutes before the car will start again. the engine
> will "turn over" and crank normally but it just won't start until
> suddenly,
> out of the blue, it starts again. when i'm turning the key, everything
> seems fine. the engine turns over and sounds normal. the engine behaves
> fine once started and i don't detect anything abnormal prior to it
> stalling
> out. i'm not sure if it's related but it seems to happen only when i am
> slowing down and still in motion, never when i'm in idle. a couple of
> times
> this happened while i was making a hard left.
>
> as you can imagine, this is a real pain. i live in downtown los angeles
> and
> a couple of times i had the car stall in the middle of a busy street
> during
> rush hour traffic. another time i had it stall in the middle of the night
> in skid row! each time i had to wait approx. 15 minutes before the car
> would start again. if anyone has any advice i would greatly appreciate
> it.
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Kim
> 85 vanagon gl
> los angeles, ca
>
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